Neighborhood overview
Commerce Avenue and Bolton Hall is in Tujunga, California. Commerce Avenue north of Foothill, around Bolton Hall at 10110 Commerce Ave..
Named for a City landmark. It is not a historic district boundary or a parcel boundary.
Neighborhood character
LA Recreation and Parks' history of Bolton Hall says settlers moved onto acre and half-acre lots in 1913, calling themselves Little Landers, and that land developer Marshall Hartranft donated five lots and financed a meeting house. George Harris designed it from rocks gathered from local hillsides and Tujunga Wash.
The hall was the colony's clubhouse and held the second public library in the San Fernando Valley. It became Tujunga's City Hall after the 1925 incorporation and housed City of Los Angeles departments after the 1932 annexation. It was boarded up in 1957, declared City Historical Monument No. 2 in 1962, and reopened as a museum in December 1980.
Homes & property types
Older single-family homes on irregular lots that trace back to the colony's acre and half-acre parcels.
What makes properties here different
Age and lot shape drive the file here. Pull LADBS records for additions and check whether any historic designation applies to the parcel itself on ZIMAS.
Living in the neighborhood
According to Recreation and Parks, the restored hall holds a meeting room and museum, a research library, and offices for the Little Landers Historical Society and the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce. Commerce Avenue runs north from Foothill and becomes Seven Hills Place, a line the Neighborhood Council uses between regions.
Neighborhood FAQ
- Is my house historic because it is near Bolton Hall?
- Not by proximity. A designation attaches to a specific property; ZIMAS shows any that apply to your parcel.
Other Tujunga neighborhoods
Sources
- LA Recreation and Parks — Bolton Hall Historical Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga 91042 (history: 1913 Little Landers colony, 1925 incorporation, 1932 annexation to Los Angeles; Council District 7) — retrieved 2026-10-15.
- Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council — About Us (formed under the City Charter, 2003; boundaries; agendas posted at North Valley City Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga) — retrieved 2026-10-15.
- LADBS — Online building records — retrieved 2026-10-15.
- Los Angeles City Planning — ZIMAS parcel profile (zoning, specific plans, Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone) — retrieved 2026-10-15.
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