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Title
Inyo County courthouse, Independence, [1923?]
Contributor
Weeks, W. H. (William Henry), 1864-1936
Date Created and/or Issued
[1923?]
1923
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of the 4th Courthouse on Inyo County, a 3-story building with 4 pillars at portico, wide steps, and flagpole, with street in foreground, mountains in background.
Completed in 1923, this building is the region's only example of monumental Neoclassical Revival public architecture. The courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 in recognition of its "integrity of feeling and association."
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Independence City, Courthouse
At upper left corner of negative: 2
Handwritten at edge of negative: County Court House Independence Cal.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0459
uclamss_1429_0459
ark:/21198/zz002d9qzq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Courthouses--California--Independence
Historic buildings--California--Independence
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--California--Independence
Landmarks
Inyo County Courthouse (Independence, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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