Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone


The Historic Preservation Overlay Zone of the City of Los Angeles in California has been hailed by historic preservation advocates for its pioneering program, which designates not just buildings but entire neighborhoods or districts as worthy of historic preservation.
Most of these districts are areas dominated by Victorian and Craftsman single-family houses, but some are predominantly Mission Revival or Spanish Colonial Revival, and one is a mid-century modern area.
The current HPOZs in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Conservancy, include:
  1. Angelino Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Angelino Heights, Echo Park.
  2. Balboa Highlands Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Granada Hills, northern San Fernando Valley
  3. Banning Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Wilmington
  4. Carthay Circle Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Carthay Circle
  5. Country Club Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Country Club Park
  6. Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Mar Vista
  7. Hancock Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Hancock Park
  8. Harvard Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Harvard Heights
  9. Highland Park-Garvanza Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Highland Park-Garvanza
  10. Hollywood Grove Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Central Los Angeles
  11. Jefferson Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Jefferson Park
  12. Lafayette Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Lafayette Square
  13. Lincoln Heights East Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Lincoln Heights
  14. Melrose Hill HPOZ, Melrose Hill
  15. Miracle Mile Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Miracle Mile
  16. Miracle Mile North Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Miracle Mile North
  17. Pico-Union Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Pico-Union
  18. South Carthay Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, South Carthay
  19. Spaulding Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Spaulding Square
  20. Stonehurst Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Sun Valley, northeastern San Fernando Valley
  21. University Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, University Park
  22. Van Nuys Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Van Nuys
  23. Vinegar Hill Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, San Pedro, California
  24. West Adams Terrace Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, West Adams
  25. Western Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Western Heights
  26. Whitley Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Whitley Heights, Hollywood
  27. Wilshire Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Wilshire Park
  28. Windsor Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Windsor Square
  29. Windsor Village Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, Windsor Village