This photo gives us an idea of the sort of mansions that used to fill the streets of downtown Los Angeles around the turn of the century (This photo is circa 1905.) Narrowing down their location is a bit tricky. They stood on Figueroa St, which back then was called Pearl St. That side street was called Bellevue Place, which no longer exists, and which connected Pearl (now Figueroa) with Beaudry Ave, which also no longer exists) between 5th and 6th Streets. Those streets do still exists but are no longer quite the same now that the 110 Freeway runs through that part of town. What I’d love to find is a photo taken from the top of either of those turrets. I bet the view would have been interesting.

Here is a circa 1890 photo of the Bellevue Terrace Hotel which stood next door: