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Order Number	00072366
Title	Los Angeles City Hall
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Buildings-City Hall-1888 Building; A-011-904 4x5; A-002-005 4x5 (Additional print)
Date	1925
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Exterior view of L.A.'s third City Hall, located at Fort Street (which later became Broadway), between 2nd and 3rd streets. Architectural plans for this building were submitted by Caukin & Hass and formally accepted by City of Los Angeles officials on July 7, 1887; the cost of the entire structure had to come within the limits of $150,000. Designed and built in 1888 in a graceful Romanesque style and constructed of brick, sandstone and terra cotta, it included a buttressed skyscraper tower atop a square colonnade base, a wide three-arched porch accessed by a broad flight of stone steps, numerous large windows throughout, and a gabled roof. Municipal departments, as well as the offices for: Clerk and Council, Tax Collector, Treasurer, Chief of Fire Department, Zanjero, Building Inspector, Board of Education, Board of Health, Health Officer, Board of Public Works, Mayor's office, Council Chambers, City Attorney, Superintendent of Streets, Assessor, Public Library, and City Surveyor, among others were housed here from 1888 until 1928; a courtroom and several private offices were also located here. On January 10, 1928 an auction of the furnishings and other items inside the structure was conducted on the front steps before the building was torn down later that same year. A new, larger City Hall had been built (in 1927) to replace this one.
Subject	Old City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.). Public buildings--California--Los Angeles. City halls--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (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.
Internal Notes	Additional print: 00018246 (A-002-005 4x5).
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection