Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles
neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States
Cheviot Hills is a neighborhood on the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California.
Founded in 1924, the neighborhood has served as the filming location of movies and television shows due to its convenient location between MGM Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) and Fox Studios. The neighborhood has also long been home to many actors, recording artists, and television and studio executives.
History
Almost all of today's Cheviot Hills was within the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes. Largely undeveloped until the 1920s, initial construction in the residential section west of Motor Avenue dates to the 1920s. From the 1920s to 1953, the streetcar line known as the Santa Monica Air Line of the Pacific Electric system ran along the southern edge of Cheviot Hills and provided passenger service between Cheviot Hills, downtown Los Angeles, and downtown Santa Monica. Much of the neighborhood east of Motor Avenue and south of Forrester Drive was built on the site of the former California Country Club, and the residences date to the early 1950s. The neighborhood features several homes by prominent architects, such as the Strauss-Lewis House by Raphael Soriano and the Harry Culver Estate, designed by Wallace Neff.
The neighborhood was originally middle class, with 1926 prices for homes starting at $50,000, or around $909,000 in 2025. However, prices have increased dramatically in recent years and now rival those of neighboring Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Holmby Hills, resulting in a surge of new development at the cost of many of the neighborhood's original 1920s homes.
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