Title supplied by cataloger. The $24,000,000 building, designed to last approximately 250 years, is an imposing two-block-long structure. U.S. Chief Justice Warren broke ground for the building on March 26, 1954, and was again on hand October 31, 1958 when the edifice was dedicated. Italian marble covers most of the walls and the 850,000 square feet of floor space, along with more than 50,000 cubic yards of concrete. The structure is actually two buildings, with a 6-inch space between the east side, which will be used by the superior courts, and the west side, which will be devoted to the municipal courts. The building is six stories high, but the municipal court side, with its foundations at a higher level, rises three stories above the more massive superior court end. The structure was designed by a corporation of associate architects: J.E. Stanton, Paul Williams, Adrian Wilson and Austin, Field & Fry. The County Courthouse officially began functioning at 9:00 am January 5, 1959. Looking west from the City Hall tower towards the Los Angeles County Courthouse (later renamed the Stanley Mosk Courthouse) and the construction site for the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration (later renamed the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration). Present in the foreground are, left to right, a glimpse of the California State Building, the Los Angeles County Law Library, the Law Building (later demolished) and the roof of the Hall of Records (later demolished). Dated January 4, 1958.
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Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1958-) Law Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) California State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles County Hall of Records (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1911-1962) Los Angeles County Law Library (Calif.) Courthouses--California--Los Angeles Civic centers--California--Los Angeles Public buildings--California--Los Angeles Law libraries--California--Los Angeles Building sites--California--Los Angeles Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) Automobiles--California--Los Angeles International style (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Grand Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Slides Stanton, J. E Wilson, Adrian Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980 Austin, Field & Fry
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