Beach Boy’s Hawthorne House
Hawthorne, Ca was put on the map by the Beach Boys. With mention of many of the now Hawthorne landmarks. Hawthorne was the home of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine. The Wilson brothers’ boyhood home (located in southeast Hawthorne on the exact border of Inglewood) This Hawthorne House was demolished in the late 1980s during the construction of the Century Freeway. Although it was honored by the dedication of the Beach Boys Historic Landmark (California Landmark 1041) in May 2005.
To the north of Hawthorne is the unincorporated area of Lennox and the city of Inglewood. To the east is the unincorporated community of Athens and the city of Gardena. To the south is the unincorporated community of El Camino Village, and the cities of Lawndale and Redondo Beach. Manhattan Beach is at the southwest corner of Hawthorne, and the city of El Segundo is to the west of Hawthorne. The unincorporated community of Del Aire is surrounded on three sides by the city of Hawthorne along western edge of Hawthorne.