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Title
Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles County Court House, ca.1905. The building was built in 1888 and demolished in 1933 after it was damaged by an earthquake. Located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. The square clocktower topped with a dome rises above the 4-story sandstone building. Seven American flags are draped from the facade of the building. It is perched on a hill surrounded by a stone wall enclosed grassy yard. Pedestrians ascend the long set of broad stairs between two large palm trees that lead up to the building. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in the street. Streetcar rails and electric lines criss-cross in the foreground. Other buildings are visible in the background. The tower of the structure was said to be one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in America
however, it was taken down sometime before the remainder of the building. An open air elevator that connected with all floors from the outside was one of the most interesting features of the building and attracted many who came merely to enjoy the ride.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1865
USC-0-1-1-1917 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2415
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1865
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2415.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Architecture--Public Buildings--County Court House
Los Angeles County Court House
Public buildings
Court houses
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Broadway & Spring Street & Temple Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-63- [Microfiche number]
2415 [Accession number]
CHS-2415 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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