Daniel Innes


Daniel Innes operated dry-goods businesses in Illinois and Kansas and was a Los Angeles, California, real estate developer and investor. He was a member of the city council there in 1890-94.
Innes was born October 22, 1835 in Lairg, Scotland to William and Catharine Innes, and emigrated to Buffalo, New York, at the age of 14. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1865 and established a dry-goods business there. Four years later he opened a larger store in Elgin, Illinois. He married Sarah Katherine "S. Kate" Pease in Elgin, Illinois on March 3, 1870. In 1871 he opened another store in Lawrence, Kansas, with his brother, George Innes.
He and Kate moved to California in 1885 and engaged in real estate development, opening several tracts in Angelino Heights, Los Angeles.
The house he had built for himself at 1329 Carroll Avenue near Echo Park in Angelino Heights, known as the Innes House, was used as the exterior shots of "Haliwell Manor" in the CW television series "Charmed."
Innes made investments in the Breidenbach Iron Stone Company, to manufacture and sell machinery, wagons and hardware; Bisbee West Copper, mining in Arizona and the Stricker Hotel Company.
He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in 1890-94, representing the 2nd Ward. He ran for reelection in 1894 but was defeated.
His hobby was collecting coins.
Innes died on July 20, 1918, at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Katherine "S. Kate" Innes, and three children, Mrs. Willard J. Doran, Walter P. Innes and William A. Innes.