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Know Your City No.54 The Rochester, a Victorian apartment house at 1012 W Temple St. Los Angeles, Calif

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Title: Know Your City No.54 The Rochester, a Victorian apartment house at 1012 W Temple St. Los Angeles, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued: January 10, 1956
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4731
Description: ANSWER: Anyone who has ever traveled the freeways surely has noticed the old mansion, now converted into a rooming house. Its address is 1012 W Temple St., but it can be readily seen from the four-level structure of the freeways. If is just off southernbound lanes of the Harbor Freeway and it curves off the Hollywood Freeway. Recognize it now, don't' you?
The Rochester" was declared a historical-cultural monument by the city of Los Angeles on January 4, 1963 but was demolished in 1979.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO. 54 -- This ornate old house (now painted light green) is seen by tens of thousands every day. Unfortunately, its origin and history are obscured by many owners and alterations. Just a landmark. Answer, Page 21, Part 1.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950BY
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County
Architecture, Victorian--California--Los Angeles
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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