8012 South Harvard Ave update. Photo taken on May 20, 2007.
My girlfriend Sarah and I were driving through South Central Los Angeles this past Sunday and decided to go check on the old Wilson house and this is what we found. Most everything is gone at this point except the original garage.
Photo by Chuck Kelley
Monday, March 05, 2007
The first home of Brian and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. 8012 South Harvard Boulevard. Los Angeles, CA. 90047. These photographs were taken on Sunday March 4, 2007. All photographs are by Chuck Kelley, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved
Audree was pregnant with Brian when she and Murry moved into this cottage in late 1941.
Photo by Lester Cohen. From the book, "The Nearest Faraway Place" written by Timothy White.
Baby Brian. The garage in back of him is still there! Photo by Audree Wilson. From the book, "Brian Wilson - Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story" written by Brian Wilson with Todd Gold.
Murry holding Brian. Photo by Audree Wilson. From the book, "The Beach Boys" written by David Leaf.
In early 1945, Murry and Audree Wilson along with their two sons moved out of this rental house and into their own home at 3701 West 119th St. in Hawthorne, California.
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