# Charles J. Fisher

Charles J. Fisher is an American published author and Los Angeles–based historic preservation activist who has successfully nominated more than 180 historic buildings as City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, as well as designated historic buildings for the County of Ventura and in the cities of Glendale, Monrovia, Ojai and Sierra Madre.
Fisher, a native Angeleno, together with other historical preservation advocates, founded the Highland Park Heritage Trust in 1982 to halt the demolition of pristine Craftsman and Mission Revival homes in favor of low-quality, high-density apartment structures. The Heritage Trust historic survey assessed hundreds of properties to create the Highland Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (Highland Park-Garvanza HPOZ), the largest Historic Preservation Overlay Zone in the city of Los Angeles. Fisher has served three times as president of the Heritage Trust, and served for 25 years on the Highland Park-Garvanza HPOZ board.
Fisher has worked in conjunction with the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, various historical societies, and numerous Los Angeles neighborhood councils, resident's groups, community groups, and advocacy groups to preserve Los Angeles' unique historic architectural and cultural legacy.
He also the author of two books, Highland Park (2008) and Garvanza (2010), both published by Arcadia Press. He is working on a comprehensive book giving a history of each of the Los Angeles City Historic Cultural Monuments.

## Successful monument nominations

| Year | Monument # | Monument name |
| | | City of Glendale |
| 2022 | 143 | Sherman and Henrietta Ford House |
| 2019 | 132 | Cole Residence |
| 2019 | 131 | Josiah T. Wright Residence |
| 2017 | 118 | Freeman Residence |
| | | City of Los Angeles |
| 2024 | 13?? | Astro Family Restaurant |
| 2023 | 1293 | Cunningham Residence |
| 2023 | 1285 | White-Mooers House |
| 2022 | 1281 | Jablonski Residence |
| 2022 | 1272 | Queen of Elysian Heights |
| 2022 | 1261 | Throop House |
| 2021 | 1252 | Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Residence |
| 2021 | 1243 | Medway Residence |
| 2021 | 1230 | Art A. Smith Courtyard Apartments |
| 2021 | 1225 | Harrington Residence |
| 2020 | 1210 | Bonnet House |
| 2019 | 1197 | Morris Abrams Chateau des Roses |
| 2019 | 1196 | Fred C. Thomson Building |
| 2019 | 1189 | Hunter Ranch House |
| 2019 | 1188 | Collins Hacienda |
| 2018 | 1172 | Wallace Beery's Hollywood Hideaway |
| 2018 | 1169 | The Montecito |
| 2018 | 1162 | Walter Daniels Duplex |
| 2017 | 1155 | F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building |
| 2017 | 1150 | Schaefer House |
| 2017 | 1151 | Hollywood Reporter Building |
| 2016 | 1130 | Hollywood Palladium |
| 2016 | 1117 | Welfer Residence |
| 2016 | 1116 | Albert Van Luit Complex |
| 2016 | 1114 | Redwine Building |
| 2016 | 1110 | Restovich House |
| 2016 | 1109 | Casa de Mi Sueño |
| 2016 | 1104 | Hammers House |
| 2016 | 1103 | Sheldon-Graves House |
| 2015 | 1100 | Polito House |
| 2015 | 1099 | Fernbacher Flats |
| 2015 | 1097 | Fifth Church of Christ Scientist |
| 2015 | 1094 | Gillespie House |
| 2015 | 1087 | Wilshire Professional Building |
| 2015 | 1084 | Villa Minola |
| 2015 | 1083 | Zieger House |
| 2014 | 1073 | Charles C. Hurd Residence |
| 2014 | 1071 | York Boulevard Church of Christ |
| 2014 | 1070 | The Polynesian |
| 2014 | 1069 | Hlaffer-Courcier Residence |
| 2014 | 1068 | J. W. Blank Residence |
| 2014 | 1061 | Abraham Gore Residence |
| 2013 | 1041 | Donnelly House |
| 2013 | 1038 | Gibbons-Del Rio Residence |
| 2013 | 1037 | Southaven |
| 2013 | 1027 | John Anson Ford Residence |
| 2013 | 1026 | Sherwood House |
| 2013 | 1025 | Durex Model Home |
| 2013 | 1024 | Lechner House |
| 2012 | 1022 | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power General Office Building |
| 2012 | 1020 | Firestone Tire Company Building |
| 2012 | 1018 | Thorsen Residence |
| 2012 | 1017 | Young-Gribling Residence |
| 2012 | 1015 | Stein House |
| 2011 | 1010 | North Sycamore Chateau |
| 2011 | 1004 | Richard Henry Dana Branch Library |
| 2011 | 999 | Marsh Duplex |
| 2011 | 998 | Boettcher House |
| 2011 | 997 | Clifford Clinton Residence |
| 2011 | 996 | Garden of Oz |
| 2011 | 994 | Arensberg-Stendahl Home Gallery |
| 2011 | 992 | T. R. Craig Residence "Peppergate Ranch" |
| 2010 | 986 | Lento Brick Court |
| 2010 | 985 | Sun Realty Company Building |
| 2010 | 984 | Spreckels Building |
| 2010 | 979 | Venice West Cafe |
| 2010 | 973 | Henry Shire Residence |
| 2010 | 972 | Shire Art House |
| 2010 | 971 | Villa Palombo-Tagneri |
| 2009 | 952 | Kaye Residence |
| 2009 | 951 | James F. Real Studio-Office |
| 2009 | 950 | Original Echo Park Clubhouse |
| 2009 | 949 | Bank of America – Echo Park Branch |
| 2009 | 944 | Hermon Car Wall |
| 2009 | 943 | Heerman Estate |
| 2008 | 939 | The Black Cat Tavern |
| 2008 | 932 | Clarence G. Badger Residence |
| 2008 | 931 | Castle Crag |
| 2008 | 929 | Oliver Flats |
| 2008 | 928 | Chateau Alpine |
| 2008 | 927 | Sturdevant Bungalow |
| 2008 | 924 | Bigford Residence |
| 2008 | 923 | Kennedy-Solow Residence |
| 2008 | 922 | Edward A. “Tink” Adams House |
| 2008 | 916 | Petitfils Residence |
| 2008 | 915 | Victor Rossetti Residence |
| 2008 | 913 | Blackburn Residence |
| 2007 | 899 | Charles C. Chapman Building |
| 2007 | 897 | Haven of Rest |
| 2007 | 894 | Monroe Cottage |
| 2007 | 893 | Castera Residence |
| 2007 | 890 | Waite Residence |
| 2007 | 889 | McNary House |
| 2007 | 878 | Arwin Manor |
| 2007 | 877 | Wilkins House |
| 2007 | 874 | Garber House |
| 2007 | 872 | Raphael Junction Block Building (New York Suspender Factory-California Ice Company) |
| 2007 | 870 | San Marino Villas (Site of - Demolished illegally on April 11, 2014) |
| 2007 | 868 | O'Neil Duplex No. 1 |
| 2007 | 861 | Monsignor O'Brien House |
| 2007 | 859 | Orchard Gables Cottage |
| 2006 | 858 | One Hundred North Sycamore |
| 2006 | 855 | Statton Residence |
| 2006 | 854 | Cline Residence and Museum |
| 2006 | 849 | Nickel-Leong Mansion |
| 2006 | 844 | Purviance Residence (Initially rejected, adopted after City Council motion by Eric Garcetti) |
| 2006 | 840 | Amsalem A. Ernst House |
| 2006 | 839 | Paul Landacre Cabin |
| 2005 | 827 | Arthur B. Benton Residence |
| 2005 | 824 | Mary Stilson Residence |
| 2005 | 823 | Marshall Flats |
| 2005 | 810 | Edward J. Borgmeyer House |
| 2005 | 809 | Franklin T. Briles Residence |
| 2005 | 805 | J. A. Howsley House |
| 2005 | 802 | Hodel Residence and Teahouse |
| 2005 | 796 | Jacobsen Duplex |
| 2005 | 163 | Site of Walt Disney Studio (Nominated in 2005 to annex the site of the Animator's School.) |
| 2004 | 781 | Mills Cottage |
| 2004 | 778 | Murdock Residence |
| 1994 | 614 | Wolford House |
| 1994 | 613 | Scholfield House |
| 1994 | 612 | Bircher-Share Residence |
| 1994 | 611 | Minster Residence |
| 1993 | 585 | Occidental College Hall of Letters Building (Savoy Apartments) |
| 1993 | 582 | W. F. Poor Residence |
| 1993 | 581 | York Boulevard State Bank - Bank of America and Store Fronts |
| 1993 | 575 | Security Trust and Savings Bank (Highland Park Branch) |
| 1992 | 565 | Charles H. Greenshaw Residence |
| 1992 | 564 | E. A. Spencer Estate |
| 1992 | 558 | Department of Water and Power Distributing Station No. 2 |
| 1992 | 556 | Charlie and Nettie Williams Home |
| 1991 | 550 | A. J. Madison House |
| 1991 | 549 | Highland Theatre Building |
| 1991 | 541 | Reverend Williel Thomson Residence |
| 1991 | 540 | Piper House (Site of - Destroyed by Fire in 1992) |
| 1991 | 539 | J. E. Maxwell Residence |
| 1991 | 529 | Montecito View House |
| 1991 | 528 | Dr. Franklin S. Whaley Residence |
| 1991 | 516 | St. Johns Episcopal Church |
| 1990 | 508 | Gilmore Gasoline Service Station |
| 1990 | 503 | Wachtel Studio-Home and Eucalyptus Grove |
| 1990 | 494 | Kelman Residence and Carriage Barn |
| 1990 | 493 | Casa de Adobe |
| 1990 | 492 | Arroyo Seco Bank Building |
| 1990 | 491 | James B. Booth Residence and Carriage House |
| 1990 | 483 | J. B. Merrill House |
| 1990 | 482 | Arthur S. Bent House |
| 1990 | 481 | Mauer House |
| 1989 | 470 | Ivar I. Phillips Residence |
| 1989 | 469 | Ivar I. Phillips Dwelling |
| 1989 | 464 | Fargo House |
| 1989 | 443 | Bowman Residence (Exterior only) |
| 1989 | 442 | Albion Cottages and Milagro Market |
| 1989 | 437 | A. H. Judson Estate (Site of - Demolished in 1992) |
| 1989 | 418 | George W. Wilson Estate (Site of - Destroyed by Fire on December 14, 1989) |
| 1989 | 416 | Zieglar Estate |
| 1989 | 413 | Octagon House (Heritage Square) |
| 1989 | 412 | Garvanza Pumping Station and Site of Highland Reservoir |
| 1989 | 411 | Robert Edmund Williams House (Hathaway Home for Children) |
| 1988 | 404 | Los Angeles Railway Huron Substation |
| 1988 | 402 | Frederic M. Ashley House |
| 1988 | 400 | Sunrise Court |
| 1988 | 395 | H. Stanley Bent House (Including Carriage House and Front Fountain) |
| 1988 | 394 | Ernest and Florence Bent Halstead House and Grounds |
| 1988 | 393 | Wiles House and Grounds |
| 1988 | 392 | Treehaven, Guest House and Grounds |
| 1988 | 389 | C. M. Church House |
| 1988 | 380 | Reeves House (Site of - Destroyed by fire on October 10, 2017) |
| 1988 | 379 | Morrell House |
| 1988 | 378 | Wheeler-Smith House |
| 1988 | 377 | Ollie Tract (except Lot 7) |
| 1988 | 376 | William U. Smith House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 375 | Putnam House |
| 1988 | 374 | G. W. E. Griffith House |
| 1988 | 373 | Arroyo Stone House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 372 | Mary P. Field House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 371 | Tustin House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 370 | Herivel House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 369 | Johnson House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 366 | Latter House and Arroyo Stone Wall |
| 1988 | 339 | Santa Fe's Arroyo Seco Bridge |
| 1988 | 338 | Drake House |
| | | City of Monrovia |
| 2019 | 148 | Route 66 Business Block |
| | | City of Ojai |
| 2013 | 20 | Arbolada House 'B' |
| | | City of Sierra Madre |
| 2017 | 1 | Casa de Monte Lado |
| 2016 | 10 | Webster House |
| 2016 | 32 | Becker House |
| 2014 | 41 | Blumer Farmhouse |
| | | County of Ventura |
| 2010 | 169 | William Ford Residence |
| 2010 | 170 | Acacia Mansion |