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Title
Church of the Angels, Garvanza
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1889
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Modeled after Holmby St. Mary's Church near Dorky, Surrey, England, the church was designed by English architect Arthur Edmund Street and built by local architect Ernest Coxhead. The cornerstone was laid on April 20, 1889. Until 1899 this area of Pasadena was known as Garvanza.
Exterior shot of the Church of the Angels, located at 1100 Avenue 64 in Pasadena. There is a man sitting on the front steps of the church. The time on the clock tower is 11:30.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00019779
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-3(473)
CARL0000024964
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/89459
Subject
Church of the Angels (Pasadena, Calif.)
Church buildings--California--Pasadena
Towers--California--Pasadena
Architecture--California--Pasadena--English influences
Coxhead, Ernest A.,1863-1933
Garvanza (Calif.)
Pasadena (Calif.)

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