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John Edward Hollenbeck Sr.

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John Edward Hollenbeck Sr.

Birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Death
2 Sep 1885 (aged 56)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.0399361, Longitude: -118.19935
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JOHN EDWARD HOLLENBECK, SR. is founder of the HOLLENBECK HOTEL (long gone since 1933, after 49 years of business), and two parks are named after him, HOLLENBECK PARK of Los Angeles and Covina, California. He also once owned lands in East Los Angeles, California that he gave to the City. It is in the HOLLENBECK AREA-BOYLE HEIGHTS AREA of East L.A. And his wife ELIZABETH HOLLENBECK who founded HOLLENBECK HOME, a retirement estate that is still in business after almost 117 years! They also helped founded the HOLLENBECK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (now gone). And long after their deaths, HOLLENBECK POLICE STATION, HOLLENBECK JR. HIGH SCHOOL, HOLLENBECK MASONIC LODGE, and many others are named after them in Los Angeles. They had one son JOHN E. HOLLENBECK, JR. who died when still a young boy. ELIZABETH was born in Germany, and died in Los Angeles in 1918. Their gaves are at Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

The photos of the HOLLENBECKS are taken from the book HOLLENBECK HOME by Rev. William Stewart Young. 1934. PD
The first two HOLLENBECKS gaves site photos are by Ann Collier, 2004.
JOHN EDWARD HOLLENBECK, SR. is founder of the HOLLENBECK HOTEL (long gone since 1933, after 49 years of business), and two parks are named after him, HOLLENBECK PARK of Los Angeles and Covina, California. He also once owned lands in East Los Angeles, California that he gave to the City. It is in the HOLLENBECK AREA-BOYLE HEIGHTS AREA of East L.A. And his wife ELIZABETH HOLLENBECK who founded HOLLENBECK HOME, a retirement estate that is still in business after almost 117 years! They also helped founded the HOLLENBECK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (now gone). And long after their deaths, HOLLENBECK POLICE STATION, HOLLENBECK JR. HIGH SCHOOL, HOLLENBECK MASONIC LODGE, and many others are named after them in Los Angeles. They had one son JOHN E. HOLLENBECK, JR. who died when still a young boy. ELIZABETH was born in Germany, and died in Los Angeles in 1918. Their gaves are at Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

The photos of the HOLLENBECKS are taken from the book HOLLENBECK HOME by Rev. William Stewart Young. 1934. PD
The first two HOLLENBECKS gaves site photos are by Ann Collier, 2004.


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