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Title
Rochester Apartments
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1965
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
The Rochester was built in the Second Empire style at 1012 W. Temple Street for Rufus Van Dorn in 1887. It remained a private residence until around 1900 when it was purchased by the Van Nuys family and converted into apartments. Nearly 70 years later, the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historical Monument Commission voted to move the structure to Main and Republic streets as part of a La Plaza redevelopment project. However, the Commission decided that the Rochester would look out of place at La Plaza and cancelled their plans to relocate and restore the structure. Donors and three members of the County Board of Supervisors sued the Commission claiming that they could not renege on their plans to relocate and restore the structure as public and private funds had been raised for that purpose. Years of litigation between the Commission and the County Board of Supervisors followed and the Rochester was moved to Alameda and Bruno streets after the plaintiffs won the case. While the Commission agreed to relocate and restore the structure, it was left in a state of disrepair at Alameda and Bruno for years, resulting in its demolition in 1978.
Exterior view of the Rochester House at 1012 West Temple Street, partially hidden by storefronts located at 1010 and 1014 West Temple Street. A 1962 Pontiac is visible. For a similar view circa 1890, see order number 00026817.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00026818
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-3(991)
CARL0000030519
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/94086
Subject
Rochester House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Towers
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Commercial buildings
Art deco (Architecture)
Palms
Streets
Automobiles
Dwellings
Stairs
Architecture, Domestic--French influences
Fences
Temple Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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