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Description
Order Number
00076733
Title
Wilshire
Christian
Church
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Churches-Wilshire
Christian
Church
;
S-004-999
4x5
Date
Circa
1948
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
After
land
was
donated
by
Charles
Chapman
in
1911
, a
small
bungalow
style
church
was
built
at this
corner
of
Wilshire
Boulevard
and
Normandie
Avenue
. In
1927
the
original
church
was
replaced
by this
Northern
Italian
Romanesque
style
structure
with a
200-foot
tower
,
designed
by
Robert
H
.
Orr
. On
May
19
,
1940
,
First
Christian
Church
of
Los
Angeles
merged
with
Wilshire
Boulevard
Christian
Church
to
become
Wilshire
Christian
Church
,
which
is
of the
Disciples
of
Christ
denomination
.
Located
at
634
S
.
Normandie
Avenue
, the
church
is
Los
Angeles
Historic-Cultural
Monument
#209
.
Description
Exterior
view
of the
Romanesque
Revival
style
Wilshire
Christian
Church
, as
seen
from the
southwest
corner
of the
intersection
of
Normandie
Avenue
and
Wilshire
Boulevard
. The
two
towers
of the
neighboring
KFAC
classical
music
radio
station
are
visible
in the
background
.
Subject
Wilshire Christian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.).
KFAC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.).
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles.
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Orr, Robert H.
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Normandie Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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