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Order Number
00110069
Title
Los
Angeles
County
Courthouse
Photographer
Harris, L. Mildred.
Collection ID
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
GPC_b94_f1_i125
Date
1957
Physical Description
1
slide
:color
;5
x
5
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
The
$24,000,000
building
,
designed
to
last
approximately
250
years
,
is
an
imposing
two-block-long
structure
.
U.S
.
Chief
Justice
Warren
broke
ground
for the
building
on
March
26
,
1954
, and was
again
on
hand
October
31
,
1958
when
the
edifice
was
dedicated
.
Italian
marble
covers
most
of the
walls
and the
850,000
square
feet
of
floor
space
,
along
with
more
than
50,000
cubic
yards
of
concrete
. The
structure
is
actually
two
buildings
, with a
6-inch
space
between
the
east
side
,
which
will be
used
by the
superior
courts
, and the
west
side
,
which
will be
devoted
to the
municipal
courts
. The
building
is
six
stories
high
, but the
municipal
court
side
, with its
foundations
at a
higher
level
,
rises
three
stories
above
the
more
massive
superior
court
end
. The
structure
was
designed
by a
corporation
of
associate
architects
:
J.E
.
Stanton
,
Paul
Williams
,
Adrian
Wilson
and
Austin
,
Field
&
Fry
. The
County
Courthouse
officially
began
functioning
at
9:00
am
January
5
,
1959
.
Description
Looking
south
towards
the
Los
Angeles
County
Courthouse
(later
renamed
the
Stanley
Mosk
Courthouse)
from
Temple
Street
.
Numerous
trucks
are
parked
at the
construction
site
for the
Los
Angeles
County
Hall
of
Administration
(later
renamed
the
Kenneth
Hahn
Hall
of
Administration)
.
Dated
May
25
,
1957
.
Subject
California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County).
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1958-).
Courthouses--California--Los Angeles.
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles.
Building sites--California--Los Angeles.
Trucks--California--Los Angeles.
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Slides
Stanton, J. E.
Wilson, Adrian.
Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980.
Austin, Field & Fry.
Coverage
1951
;
1952
;
1953
;
1954
;
1955
;
1956
;
1957
;
1958
;
1959
;
1960
Format
Photographic color slides
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
The
highest
resolution
available
for this
image
is
300
dpi
.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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