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Title	Architectural drawing of the new County Courthouse, 1956
Description	Photograph on an architectural drawing of the new County Courthouse. "In 1957, this new County Courthouse should be completed at First Street and Hill Street. The behemoth will contain 105 courtrooms, plus a number of offices. The estimated cost of the trim, modernistic facility is about $20,000,000" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "June 18, 1956".; "...is the new Courthouse presently under construction. This building will contain approximately 684,000 gross square feet, and will include 105 courtrooms, in which will be housed all of the civil departments of the Superior and Municipal Courts. In addition, it will house the County Clerk, the Clerk of the Municipal Court, the Marshal of the Municipal Courts, and the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office. Construction is expected to be completed about the end of 1957. The total cost of the building will be approximately 20 million dollars exclusive of land. This building is being constructed from County funds which have been accumulated over a period of about 10 years. Approximately 8 million dollars is still required to complete and furnish the building, of which four million dollars is included in the 1856-57 budget, and the balance will be provided in 1957-58 " -- typed note attached to verso. Verso dated, "June 18, 1956".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject (File Heading)	Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- County Courthouse -- Plans
Geographic Subject (Roadway)	111 North Hill Street
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Coordinates	-118.24712,34.05647; -118.24506,34.05516; -118.2457,34.05449; -118.24763,34.05574; -118.24712,34.05647
Coverage date	circa 1956-06-18
Architect	Stanton, J.E.; Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980; Wilson, Adrian; Austin, Field & Fry
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1956-06-18
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs architectural drawings
Barcode	3-1275-02805-9500
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-767
Print Box	Subjects 320
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m2865
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-767
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-767.tiff

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