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Order Number	00008125
Title	Plaza and Plaza Church
Collection ID	Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
Location/Accession	C-1(960) N-003-363 8x10
Date	Circa 1925
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	Mission Nuestra Sen~ora Reina de los Angeles (Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels), was founded on September 4, 1781 by a group of Spanish settlers. The church was considered an asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Gabriel Arca´ngel. Priests from Mission San Gabriel divided their time between the mission and the Asistencia site, but ultimately the installation was never granted mission status and the missionaries eventually abandoned the site. The surrounding area was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Sen~ora la Reina de los Angeles del Ri´o de Porciu´ncula ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciu´ncula", which is the present-day City of Los Angeles). A chapel, La Iglesia de Nuestra Sen~ora Reina de los Angeles, was later erected and dedicated on December 8, 1822, and for years served as the sole Roman Catholic church in the Pueblo. It is the oldest church in the city of Los Angeles. It was dedicated as California Historic Landmark #144.
Description	The Plaza Church on Main Street across from the Plaza and Olvera Street. Behind the streetcar is the Hotel Pacific, the office of Philip Morici and Co., "Agencia Italiana" and the grocery store of Giovanni Piuma, who also made wine (Piuma Road in Malibu was named for him), located at Main and Sunset Boulevard (this section later renamed Paseo Luis Olivares). The area north of the Plaza was at this time an Italian neighborhood.
Subject	Plaza Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hotel Pacific (Los Angeles, Calif.). Plazas--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles. Catholic churches--California--Los Angeles. Church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Arhcitecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. California Historical Landmarks. Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.). El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (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: 00014001 (C-1 (960) 4x5).
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection