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) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards, just after the exterior scaffolding came down. Signs on the church advertised a fundraising effort to acquire donations to complete the construction project: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody" and "Save The Church In May, $50,000 Needed..." The edifice is now the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church. The building was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects. Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects. It is located at 4350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, and is the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church (10/2012). Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Churches, Wilshire Blvd. Church
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5876 ark:/21198/zz002cw07x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Churches--California--Guasti Religion Culture Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles Congregational churches--California--Los Angeles Wilshire United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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