🏭 LINCOLN HEIGHTS

🏛️ Architectural Houses

HM157 / The Dibble House — 3110 N. Broadway (1886) A Victorian house that has been many things: an 1886 Victorian historic monument where, in 1896, the original owner Horace B. Dibble stabbed his coworker James Wallace to death after Wallace attacked him with a hammer. The newspaper reported Dibble plunged "a long, keen-bladed knife, over six inches long, into Wallace's left side, clear to the hilt... again and again... each thrust burying the blade to the handle." Dibble was acquitted. A century later the house became an entirely different kind of scene — established as a DIY art and music venue in 2007, it became the center of the Lincoln Heights art community. Wikipedia

🎬 Film & TV Locations / 👻 Haunted / 🔪 True Crime

Lincoln Heights Jail — 401–449 N. Avenue 19 (1931) The most loaded building in all of Northeast LA, and one of the most haunted in the city. Built in 1927 and opened in 1931, this Art Deco building was designed to hold 600 people but at its peak held nearly 3,000 inmates, including Al Capone, who spent a night there for tax evasion. It was here that most Chicanos involved in the Zoot Suit Riots were held. L.A. TACO

On Christmas night 1951, it became a crime scene of its own. Bloody Christmas was the severe beating of seven residents — five Mexican American and two white young men — by members of the LAPD, leaving them with broken bones and ruptured organs. The attacks produced the first-ever grand jury indictments of serving LAPD officers. The novel L.A. Confidential and its subsequent film were inspired by the Bloody Christmas incident, part of which was filmed at the jail. WikipediaWikipedia

Raymond Chandler spent time in the jail's drunk tank. Academy Award-winning actress Lucile Watson was once held there after a night of drunken shenanigans. ScarePop

The filming resume is extraordinary: A Nightmare on Elm Street shot the boiler room scenes here, and the jail was also used for Iron Man 2, L.A. Confidential, American History X, Con Air, Cagney & Lacey, and music videos for Lady Gaga, Blink-182, and 5 Seconds of Summer. In 1994, the founder of a gym that was intended to occupy the space was found dead in an elevator shaft. The jail has been vacant for decades, surrounded by chain-link fence, patrolled by security, and considered by paranormal investigators to be among the most haunted buildings in Los Angeles. Abandoned SpacesDiscover Los Angeles

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HM157 — 3110 N. Broadway, Lincoln Heights (2007–present) From murder scene to cultural hub. After 120 years as a private residence and California Historical Landmark, the Dibble House became Lincoln Heights' living room — a DIY venue hosting underground shows, art installations, and community events that made it the east side's most idiosyncratic gathering place. The ghosts, if any remain, presumably adapted.