Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles County Courthouse and Jail looking west, ca.1906. The flat rooftops of highrise buildings fill the foreground while the gothic architecture of the courthouse stands to the left, its clock tower reading approximately ten minutes after nine o'clock and an American flag waving from its peak. The courthouse is four stories tall, comprised of two brick main buildings flanking either side of the clock tower. A second, semi-gothic building about half its height stands to the right of it. More of the city's buildings are visible in the background, stretching to the horizon. The courthouse, built in 1891, was demolished in 1935 and was located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. Additional information form the Pacific Coast Architecture Database: the Court House was built from 1887-1891. It was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and declared unsafe for occupancy. Demolition started in 1935 (roof and two upper floors removed), and concluded 1936. Among the others, the photograph features the following buildings and structures: (John Anson) Bullard Block (1896-1926) can be seen between Main and Spring, Market and Court Streets United States Hotel (1862-1939) is visible at left of upper Bullard on south-east corner of Main and Market Streets Amestoy Building (1887-1958) is visible left of the U.S. Hotel, at north-east corner of Main and Market Streets. Additional information provided by the LA Conservancy: The numerals from one of the clock faces of the 1st County Court House were incorporated into one of the clock faces of the 2nd Court House, and were subsequently transferred to the east-facing upper clock of the 3rd Court House (opened 1959), north side of 1st Street between Grand Avenue and Hill Street, renamed the Stanley Mosk Court House. The clock is not visible from the street.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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