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Title
Courthouse and Jail
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
The Los Angeles County Courthouse (built 1891), also as known as the "Red Sandstone Courthouse," located at Spring and Temple. This building served as the courthouse until 1933, when it sustained damage in the Long Beach earthquake, and was demolished in 1936.
The old County Courthouse, made of red stone, with the County Jail adjoining it, with church-like windows, also known as the Detention Home. To the right is the Bullard Block.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00018267
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Buildings-L.A. County Courthouse 1891-1932; N-004-371 8x10
CARL0000021080
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/88344
Subject
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1891-1932)
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Temple Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
New High Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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