The area on the north side of Adams Street (west of Western Avenue) was under the control of the Mesa Land Company, a syndicate headed by William Miles, president, and Charles McKenzie, H.R.

[1][2] The earliest use of the name "West Adams Terrace" in the Los Angeles Times was on July 16, 1905.

[5] In the 1950s, a Green Book property serving African-American tourists was located in the neighborhood.

[12] On December 2, 2003, the Los Angeles City Council adopted The West Adams Terrace HPOZ (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone).

[13][14] (listed in order of HCM number) LAUSD has two schools in West Adams Terrace: In 2013, 24th Street Elementary School became the first campus in Los Angeles to make use of a "parent trigger" law that enabled parents to install a new administration.