Charles Lummis was sort of a John Muir of the Southwest. Hired by the Los Angeles Times over 100 years ago, he walked from Ohio to Los Angeles, reporting along the way. A friend of Theodore Roosevelt, he built this house out of local stones with walls so thick it has withstood numerous earthquakes in the last 100 years. Open... more
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Attraction type: Museum,
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Address: 200 E. Avenue 43 at Carlata Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: 1-323-222-0546
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