Carroll Avenue - History

History

Carroll Avenue is one of Los Angeles' first suburbs, and bears its name well, as it brings the city many tourists and visitors. The houses, or rather Victorian manors, are now used as private homes, as they were in the 19th century. Some of the more well known residents from the Victorian era include: merchant Aaron P. Philips in 1887, real estate agent Charles C. Haskin in 1894, and warehouse operator Michael Sanders in 1887. One of Los Angeles' first City Councilmen, Daniel Innes, resided at 1329 Carroll Avenue.

The Innes house was used for all eight seasons of the American television series, Charmed, as the residence of the main characters. 1330 Carroll Avenue was also prominently featured in a season one episode of the series. The Innes house also appeared in the film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, as the home of a giant woman who hires Deuce. The Foy House, next door to the Innes house at 1337 Carroll Avenue, also appeared in season two of Charmed, and was used as the main residence in the television series Journeyman, which, like Charmed, is set in San Francisco. The house located at 1345 Carroll Avenue appeared in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. 1324 Carroll Avenue was used for exterior shots in the film Grandma's Boy. 1355 Carroll Avenue was used as the family home in McGee and Me, a children's Christian video series that was released in the early 1990s.