Originally called Ferman Avenue in honor of attorney Ferman Enes Davis (1868-1938), whose Swedish wife Thelma (1872-1962) officially owned the land underneath. This was part of Stonehurst Manor, the 1923 brainchild of shifty developer Albert “Pep” Rempp, who also named a street here for his wife Wealtha. Ferman Street became Fenway Street by city ordinance on July 11th, 1936. Usually such changes were made to rid the city of duplicate street names, but since L.A. had no other Ferman-themed roadways, I can’t explain this one. Regardless, “Fenway” was presumably chosen because it started with the same two letters as “Ferman”. Whoever chose it was surely inspired by Boston’s Fenway Park (which took its own name from the Back Bay Fens parkland). Perhaps a homesick Red Sox fan?
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