Churches in West Adams and Nearby Communities

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St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Adams and Figueroa

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Title: St. Vincent's Catholic Church, located on the northwest corner of South Figueroa and West Adams.

Description: Built in 1923-25, it was designed by architect Albert C. Martin. It is a prime example of Spanish Colonial Revival style in California. Influences include Goodhue's 1915 San Diego Expo California Building and the Spanish Churriguresque style of Mexico. It is made of Indian limestone, tile and stucco.

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Photographer: Padilla Company

Title: St. Vincent's Catholic Church, main façade, 1929

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Title: Figueroa St. looking south toward West Adams Blvd. (St. Vincent's, Auto Club) 1920s

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Title: St. Vincent's Catholic Church, south side, n.d.

Description: South elevation of St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Los Angeles.

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Title: Mexican American couple in front of church, 1925

Description: Salvador Garcia and Maria Emery in front of St. Vincent Catholic Church, 1925. [At the corner of Adams Blvd and Figueroa Street.]

St Sophia Cathedral, Pico and Normandie

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Title: Exterior of St. Sophia Cathedral, n.d.

Description: Exterior of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles, showing the western facade.

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Title: St. Sophia Cathedral, interior view, n.d.

Description: Interior of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles, looking towards the high altar.

First AME Church

The First AME Church, the oldest Black church in Los Angeles, was originally located at 8th and Town Ave. in downtown. Its current location is 2270 S Harvard Avenue in West Adams.

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Title: First A.M.E. Church, exterior, 1941

Description: Exterior of the First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles. 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles

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Title: African American women in front of First A.M.E. Church, 8^th & Towne, 1918

Korean Presbyterian Church, 1374 W. Jefferson Blvd.

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Title: Korean Presbyterian church, 1374 W. Jefferson Blvd., c. 1930

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Title: Children at the Korean Presbyterian Church, 1374 W. Jefferson Blvd., c. 1950

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Title: Gathering at the Korean Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Blvd., 1953

St. John's Episcopal Church, 514 W. Adams Blvd

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Title: St. John's Episcopal Church, a drawing, n.d.

Description: Artist's rendering of St. John's Episcopal Church. Architects: Pierpont Davis and Walter S. Davis, with Henry Withey. Sculptor: Cartiano Scarpitto. 514 West Adams Blvd.

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Title: St. John's Episcopal Church, exterior, 514 W. Adams Blvd.,designed in a Romanesque Revival style. Note the architectural designs above the arched entranceway. Date built: 1921. Architects: Pierpont Davis and Walter S. Davis.

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Title: St. John's Episcopal Church, organ

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Title: St. John's Episcopal Church, entrance

Other Churches

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Title: African American church congregation, Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, 34^th & Central, c. 1925

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Title: Staff of the National Publishing house of the Church of Christ Holiness, USA in front of offices on Adams Boulevard, 1932. L to R Daisy Sanders, Maude Johnson, Wm. A. Washington, Tennessee Washington, Loretta Dunn Pruitt, Prof. Howard, Catherine Moten, Robert Relf, Charles Plummer.

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Title: African American Christ Temple of the Church of Christ Holiness, 54^th & Hooper, 1930

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Title: African American church congregation, ca 1925

Description: Members of the Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church in group photo in front of church. Rev. Ernest E. Lightner is at center. 34th Street and Central Avenue.

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Title: Needy food packages for Thanksgiving. Volunteers at First A.M.E. Zion Cathedral on 1449 West Adams Boulevard, put together packages to be given away for Thanksgiving. The packages include canned and dried foods, along with a turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. Photo dated: November 25, 1986.

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Photographer: Luckhaus

Title: Facade of West Adams Presbyterian Church, n.d.

Description: Main facade and steeple of the West Adams Presbyterian Church in the 1920s.

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Title: Group photo of African Americans in front of Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church, 43^rd & McKinley, c. 1954