WELCOME TO SAVE BEVERLY FAIRFAX!

Who are we?

Save Beverly Fairfax is a coalition of owners and residents that live in the Beverly Fairfax Historic District. 

what do we do?

Save Beverly Fairfax advocates for the preservation of our historic neighborhood in order to protect the architectural and cultural history.

WHERE ARE WE?

The Beverly Fairfax Historic District is roughly bordered by Beverly Blvd to the South and Melrose Ave to the North. Fairfax Ave to the West and Gardner Street to the East.

what makes us historic?

Deeply rooted in Jewish American history, the Beverly Fairfax Historic District boasts a collection of largely intact Period Revival homes.

Roughly bounded by Rosewood Avenue, Melrose Avenue, N. Gardner Street, Vista Street, Beverly Boulevard, and N. Fairfax Avenue, the neighborhood includes Spanish Colonial Revival, Late Chateauesque, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Monterey Revival, Art Deco, and Streamline Moderne homes.

Comprised of 463 resources—366 of which are contributing structures—the district houses mostly two-story multi-family homes.

Starting in the late 19th century, many neighborhoods throughout the country had racially restrictive covenants in place. These covenants, which were legally enforceable and integrated into the deed of a property, prohibited an owner from selling or leasing to people of color or ethnic minorities, including Jewish Americans.

With no racial covenants in place, the Beverly Fairfax district became the destination of many Jewish Americans who migrated from the eastside in the 1920s. By 1961, the district was over 60% Jewish.

Due to its large Jewish-American population, the neighborhood became a sanctuary for numerous Holocaust survivors, where they settled and rebuilt their lives after World War II.

Today, the neighborhood remains largely Jewish, with some residents living in the same apartment buildings that their grandparents once called home.

BEVERLY FAIRFAX HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP