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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Plaza Church and the Plaza, Los Angeles, before 1869. There is a fence around the church entrance at right, while a building with a small tower on it can be seen at left. An unpaved road can be seen between the buildings from bottom left towards center. Hills can be seen in the left background. Caption indicates buildings: 1. Second Church, built in 1821-1822 2. Horacio Penelon's studio in 1865 3. Residence of ex-mayor José Mascarel 4. Catholic cemetery, founded in 1800 5. Department store, T.P. Campbell and Tom Reed 6. Residence of T.P. Campbell 7. First public school house 8. [Building] built in 1844, by Capitan Seguro 9. Headquarters of Commodore Stockton in 1846 10. Sisters of Charity's convent 11. [Building] built in 1842, by Don Tiburcio Tapia, later known as Olvera's home 12. Water-works, built in 1857 13. Second plaza 14. House of Don Romulo Pico 15. Property of Don Pio Pico 16. First cemetery in early pueblo days 17. Jews first cemetery 18. Main Street, now north Main Street 19. Street of the Maids, changed to north Main Street, changed to San Fernando Street, now north Spring Street 20. Bath Street, now north Main Street. "Where Buena Vista Street is now open, north on the hill stood a chapel from 1784 to 1812 where a Franciscan friar from San Gabriel said mass every Sunday and holidays. The fence about the Plaza was built by the owners of the reservoir at the extreme right of the picture. Later they planted trees and otherwise imporved it." -- Father Adams.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm., 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Churches, Catholic Plazas Los Angeles City--Plaza--Architecture--Churches--Plaza Church Plaza Church Los Angeles Mission Plaza--Mission Los Angeles Religious facilities
Place
California Los Angeles Main Street USA before 1869
Source
1-14-9 [Microfiche number] 2146 [Accession number] CHS-2146 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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