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| Los Angeles, CA | 1 Reviews
One of the wealthiest women in America had her dream house built on Olvera Street in 1887 with the hope that the area would become a Victorian era commercial center. It didn’t happen, but we are left with her Sepulveda House, a remarkable building nonetheless. Senora Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda had come north from Senora, Mexico at age 11, and married Joaquin Sepulveda in 1857. He died in 1880. His widow had her dream house built on Olvera Street for $8,000 in the Eastlake Victorian style; popular in the Eastern U.S., but unusual in Southern California. Senora Sepulveda believed the area would greatly prosper, and her building, with 22 rooms, two commercial businesses and three residences would be wildly popular. But Main Street never materialized into a main drag, and by 1900 the area was better known for light industry, boarding houses and bustling bordellos. For more info, visit: http://www.olvera-street.com/html/sepulveda_house.html
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