Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Los Cerritos, California
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| City |  Long Beach |
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. Once streets were cut out into the designed tract, the lots began to sell.
In 1920, Thomas Gilchrist, an Oklahoma oilman, purchased 10 acres (4.0 ha) along La Linda Drive and subdivided them into a development called La Linda, Spanish for "the pretty." In 1929, 20th century architect Kirtland Cutter designed three award-winning homes in the Los Cerritos Neighborhood.
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.
In 1985, a home on Country Club Drive in the Los Cerritos neighborhood was used as the Bueller family home in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and subsequently used in the 2001 comedy film Not Another Teen Movie, the 2002 thriller film Red Dragon, and in a Cheerios commercial. In 1998, two homes on Cedar Avenue in the Los Cerritos neighborhood were used in the 1999 teen comedy film American Pie. In August 2000, a home on Country Club Drive different than the 'Ferris Bueller home' was used as the fictional home for the teenager Donnie Darko in the 2001 drama/psychological thriller/science fiction film Donnie Darko.
In 2007, Los Cerritos Neighborhood was one of three finalists in Neighborhood USA's Neighborhood of the Year national competition in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Gallery
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North view of the Los Cerritos house used in the 2001 comedy film Not Another Teen Movie as a lookalike for Wyatt Donnelly's house in the 1985 teen film Weird Science; also used in the 2001 drama/psychological thriller/science fiction film Donnie Darko.
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Northeast view of the Los Cerritos house used in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the Bueller family home. This Los Cerritos home also was used in the 2001 comedy film Not Another Teen Movie and the 2002 thriller film Red Dragon.
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Northwest view of the Los Cerritos house used in the 2001 drama/psychological thriller/science fiction film Donnie Darko as the fictional family home for the teenager Donnie Darko. The house also appeared in an episode of the 2003-2005 American television fantasy/family drama Joan of Arcadia as part of a house party scene. It was also used as the backdrop for an advertising campaign for Honda's freshman economy car the Fit. The spots were featured in ebay.com
Images for kids
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The Leonie Pray House, built for Signal Hill oilman William E. "Billy" Babb in 1927; Tudor Revival architecture by Clarence Aldrich. It appears in Not Another Teen Movie, Weird Science, and Donnie Darko.
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Northeast view of the Los Cerritos house used in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the Bueller family home. It also appears in Not Another Teen Movie and Red Dragon.
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Appears in American Pie and American Pie 2
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Appears in American Pie
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House by architect Hugh Gibbs, with addition by Edward Killingsworth. It appears in the film Donnie Darko, an episode of the drama Joan of Arcadia, and in an advertising campaign for the Honda Fit.
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Jennie A. Reeve House, Greene and Greene, American Craftsman
