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The Wilshire Ward Chapel, formerly known as the Hollywood Stake Tabernacle, is a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, California. The building is listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation registry.
The Los Angeles Temple was announced on March 23, 1937, by church president Heber J. Grant, when the church purchased 24.23 acres (98,000 m 2) from the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company. Construction was to begin soon thereafter, but financial difficulties relating to the Great Depression and World War II delayed its construction.
On January 21, 1923, the Los Angeles Stake became the first to be created in the state since the San Bernardino Stake had been dissolved. The Los Angeles Stake was divided on May 22, 1927 to form the Los Angeles and Hollywood stakes. On July 10, 1927, the San Francisco Stake was established. [11]
In the LDS Church, a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord and considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time (an "open house"), and then each is dedicated as a "House of the Lord," after which only members with a ...
Part of the Alvarado Terrace Historic District. Powers Place holds the distinction as the "shortest street in Los Angeles." 237 First Baptist Church of Los Angeles: April 9, 1981: 2875 W. 8th St.; 2960–2982 Leeward; 760 S. Westmoreland Ave. Mid-Wilshire Constructed by Allison & Allison in 1927; "...a notable work of eclectic architecture" 238
Los Angeles is the location of more than 250 of these properties and districts, including 11 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed separately. Pasadena is the location of 130 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; they, too, are listed separately .
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles) St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles) St. Mary of the Angels Church, Hollywood; Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles) Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Los Angeles) Shepherd Church
Historic district adjacent to Central Avenue Corridor in South Los Angeles; part of the African Americans in Los Angeles Multiple Property Submission (MPS) 2: 52nd Place Historic District: 52nd Place Historic District: June 11, 2009 : Along E. 52nd Place [6