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Title
Wilshire Christian Church
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
After land was donated by Charles Chapman in 1911, a small bungalow style church was built at this corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Normandie Avenue. In 1927 the original church was replaced by this Northern Italian Romanesque style structure with a 200-foot tower, designed by Robert H. Orr. On May 19, 1940, First Christian Church of Los Angeles merged with Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church to become Wilshire Christian Church, which is of the Disciples of Christ denomination. Located at 634 S. Normandie Avenue, the church is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #209.
Exterior view of the Romanesque Revival style Wilshire Christian Church, as seen from the southwest corner of the intersection of Normandie Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. The two towers of the neighboring KFAC classical music radio station are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00076733
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Churches-Wilshire Christian Church; S-004-999 4x5
CARL0000079696
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111354
Subject
Wilshire Christian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
KFAC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Orr, Robert H
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Normandie Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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