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Title: Rudolph Schindler: Bethlehem Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Creator: Rudolph Schindler, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944-1945
Publication Information: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum
Collection: Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953)
Rights Information: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
Description: The Bethlehem Baptist Church on South Compton Avenue in Los Angeles is Schindler's only religious structure. It is one of very few examples of modern architecture in South Los Angeles. The African-American church congregation commissioned Schindler to design the building in 1944, most likely due to his ability to work with small budgets and be his own contractor. The church was declared a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument in 2009, and is still in use today by a new religious organization.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: adc_100
Language: English
Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
Source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Relation: adc_100

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