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The maps offered here show various parcels owned by Robert E. Wirsching in the late 1880s to 1904.
The lands in question would go on to become part of Boyle Heights.
The Three Maps incude:
- Map of Wirsching's Subdivision:
- Map of Rees and Wirsching's Lot On West Side Los Angeles St. Near Commercial St. Showing Partition Line . . . Surveyed by E.T. Wright June 27, 1904
- Map of Valencia Tract . . . September 1902. J.A. Bernal Survr. C.E.
Robert E. Wirsching
Robert E. Wirsching was born in 1846 in Saxe-Meiningen, Germany. He move to the United States with his family in 1852, settling in New Haven, Connectiut. His first known job was as a painter in Milford, Connecticut in 1870.
Wirsching moved to Los Angeles in 1875, working for a carriage maker, before forming a partnership with Samuel Rees on Los Angeles Street, where they worked as blacksmiths and wagon makers. The business expanded to agricultural equipment and grew quickly in the 1870 and 1880s. Samuel Rees was one of the earliest land speculators in Boyle Heights and served on teh LA City Council in 1891 and1892.
Wirsching was elected to City Council for the Ninth ward in 1889-90, later serving on the fire and police commissions. He was elected Supervisor of the Second Distirct of the County of Los Angeles from 1896-1890. He would later serve as a commissioner on the Board of Public Utilities.
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