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West Adams Heritage Association
Abbreviation	WAHA
Founded	1983 in Los Angeles, California
Type	Historic Preservation
Legal status	nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
Location	2263 S. Harvard Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90018;
Website	www.westadamsheritage.org

Founded in 1983, the West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) is an historic preservation organization in Los Angeles, California. It is a tax-exempt non-profit organization^[1] that is focused on the preservation of the West Adams section of the city.

As stated on their website: "West Adams is located just south and west of Downtown and contains the city's largest concentration of Victorian and Craftsman homes, five of the city's Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, and a concentration of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments."

The organization is known for sponsoring neighborhood tours,^[2]^[3] an annual holiday tour & progressive dinner party,^[4] as well as speaking out about preservation issues affecting West Adams.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Propublica: West Adams Heritage Association". Propublica.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024. West Adams Heritage Association Los Angeles, CA Tax-exempt since July 1992 EIN: 95-4086813
^ Kaplan, Sam Hall (8 November 1986). "The Historic Elegance of West Adams" – via LA Times.
^ "waha - Wellington Square".
^ "West Adams Heritage Association Presents "Merrymaking in Kinney Heights"". Empowerla.org. LACity.org. November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2024. The West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) is pleased to invite you to launch the Holiday Season with a bit of "Merrymaking in Kinney Heights," their 28th annual Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner... a dynamic neighborhood within the greater West Adams district.
^ MITCHELL, JOHN L. (7 June 1991). "Tenant Will Be Sought for Library : Architecture: The Washington Irving branch won't move until someone can be found to take over the historic building" – via LA Times.
^ "Flower Drive Historic District". LAconservancy.org. 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2024. It was successfully nominated by West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) as a California Register Historic District.