Exterior view of the Old Fire House in the Los Angeles plaza, showing men congregated by the entrance, 1920 

Exterior view of the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868 

Exterior view of the Old Plaza Church, showing a new bell tower in Los Angeles, ca.1915 

Early fire engine pulled by large muscular horses, up a hill on First Street, ca.1900 

Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896 

A view of the Old South Meeting House in Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts, [s.d.] 

People sitting along a street across from the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, [s.d.] 

Plaza and the entrance to Wine Street looking north from the Pico House, ca.1869 

Los Angeles Plaza from the southeast corner showing the Pico house on the left, ca.1888 

Exterior view of Fire House Number One and the old town dentist's office and drug store, Columbia, ca.1920-1930 

Exterior view of the Machado House in the Old Town Plaza of San Diego, ca.1920 

Composite view of the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, [s.d.] 

View of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, December 1, 1869 

Houses tilted together on Shatwell Street, San Francisco, 1906 

View of town buildings and a white oak tree in Volcano, as seen from the Plaza, ca.1930 

Painting of the Plaza Church, Los Angeles, 1857 

Fire station at Spring Street and Ninth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1887 

Exterior view of the Serrano house in Old Town, San Diego, ca.1910 

Exterior view of the Plaza Church and Plaza, Los Angeles, before 1869 

Mission Church and Plaza from the south, Los Angeles, ca.1890