Los Cerritos (sometimes called Los Cerritos/Virginia Country Club) is a neighborhood with approximately 700 homes and 2,000 residents located within the Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Established in 1906, the Los Cerritos neighborhood has been used by the film industry of Hollywood with its historic, estate-sized homes. It was one of three finalists in the 2007 Neighborhood of the Year national competition.
History
On October 7, 1906, 330 acres (130 ha) surrounding Rancho Los Cerritos were designated as the Los Cerritos subdivision.[1] Once streets were cut out into the designed tract, the lots began to sell.
La Linda Drive looking North East from the entrance.
In 1920, Thomas Gilchrist, an Oklahoma oilman, purchased 10 acres (4.0 ha) along La Linda Drive[2] and subdivided them into a development called La Linda, Spanish for "the pretty." In 1929, 20th century architectKirtland Cutter designed three award-winning homes in the Los Cerritos Neighborhood.[3]
La Linda Drive looking North West from the entrance.
Now one of Long Beach's oldest gated communities, the residential make-up of La Linda has changed. Many of the newer homes are larger.[5]
In 2007, Los Cerritos Neighborhood was one of three finalists in Neighborhood USA's Neighborhood of the Year national competition in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[6]
United States
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
![The Leonie Pray House, built for Signal Hill oilman William E. "Billy" Babb in 1927; Tudor Revival architecture by Clarence Aldrich.[26] It appears in Not Another Teen Movie, Weird Science, and Donnie Darko.](/en/File:Weird_Science_house_north_view.JPG)
![House by architect Hugh Gibbs, with addition by Edward Killingsworth.[15] It appears in the film Donnie Darko, an episode of the drama Joan of Arcadia, and in an advertising campaign for the Honda Fit.](/en/File:Donnie_Darko_house_northwest_view.JPG)
![Jennie A. Reeve House, Greene and Greene,[8] American Craftsman](/en/File:Jennie_A._Reeve_House.jpg)
