Neighborhood overview
Wilton Heights is in Pomona, California. Pomona's Wilton Heights Historic District, including Gordon Street, Park Avenue, Wisconsin Street, Randolph Street and Chester Place.
Its zoning is more mixed than the other residential districts. About half of the parcels are zoned single-family, mostly Single Family-7,200 ft, and close to 200 are zoned Administrative Professional, with smaller Highway Commercial and Corridors Specific Plan pieces.
The City's district brochure says Wilton Heights was designated on August 2, 1999, and has the most eclectic group of architectural styles of any Pomona historic district, with properties from the late 1800s to the 1950s. It is named for builder-designers William and Edwin Wilton, who constructed more than 600 buildings in Pomona, much of their residential work here; William Wilton lived in Wilton Heights for 28 years. The brochure places the district between White Avenue, Garey Avenue, Holt Avenue and Orange Grove Avenue, notes postwar commercialization of Holt and Garey avenues, and counts 534 properties.
The City's Historic District Boundaries layer maps the Wilton Heights Historic District at about 177 acres. The streets with the most parcels in it include Gordon Street, Park Avenue, Wisconsin Street, Randolph Street, Alvarado Street and Chester Place.
Homes & property types
A mix of single-family lots and parcels zoned Administrative Professional inside the same district. Two homes a block apart can sit in different zones, so zoning should be confirmed for the parcel itself.
What makes properties here different
Confirm both the zone and the contributing status of your parcel before pricing. Those two facts set what a buyer can do with the property, and they are what to compare when choosing Wilton Heights sales as comparables.
Living in the neighborhood
The district is mapped as one historic neighborhood, and the City's historic preservation rules apply across it.
Neighborhood FAQ
- Is Wilton Heights an official Pomona historic district?
- Yes. The City of Pomona maps the Wilton Heights Historic District at about 177 acres, with roughly 490 parcels, about 335 of them marked as contributing.
- Is every Wilton Heights parcel zoned single-family?
- No. The City's layer shows about half zoned single-family and close to 200 parcels zoned Administrative Professional. Confirm your parcel's zone with the Planning Division.
Other Pomona neighborhoods
Sources
- City of Pomona GIS — Historic Districts map service (district boundaries and contributing parcels) — retrieved 2026-10-15.
- City of Pomona — Historic Preservation — retrieved 2026-10-15.
- City of Pomona — Wilton Heights Historic District brochure (designation August 2, 1999; 534 properties) — retrieved 2026-10-15.
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