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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
It looks like St. Athanasius Episcopal Church. It was the first Protestant church built in LA and was located at the SW corner of Temple.
In 1883, the building became the LA County Assessor's Office:
LAPL ( http://jpg1.lapl.org/00076/00076313.jpg)
Here's the building in 1891, shortly before its demise, with the still-clockless County Courthouse in the background:
Paradise Leased ( http://paradiseleased.files.wordpres...jjr6555acp.jpg)
According to Paradise Leased, the original 1860s-era bell from St. Athanasius lives on at the Church of the Epiphany at 2808 Altura Street
in Lincoln Heights. |
I am amazed by these two photographs
Flyingwedge! I had no idea the little church survived for so long.
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