Description Photograph of a view of Sonora Town and Fort Moore Hill on Hill Street looking north from Plaza Church on Temple Street, ca.1883. The mansion of the Banning residence is visible on Fort Moore Hill at the center of the frame, Hill Street curving in toward it at the left. Below the hill, smaller houses can be seen, showing an inn in the extreme foreground at right, advertising "Furnished Rooms". A latticework of picket fences can be seen to the left.; Photoprint reads "John A Willis bought site of his home in December 1884 -- improved lot and build residence in 1886" as well as "Ruins of lot at left of picture -- Home in center built by Joe Phillips and purchased by M.N. Banning".

Subject Architecture (lcsh), Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Banning (subject), Banning Residence (subject), Banning, M. N. (subject), buildings (adlf), Fortification (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- North of Temple (file heading), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General (file heading), Phillips, Joseph (subject), Plazas (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Willis, John A. (subject)

Coverage Spatial Bunker Hill (city or populated place), California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Hill Street (roadways), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sonora Town (city or populated place), Temple Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.05762,-118.24078 (point), 34.05767,-118.23936 (point), 34.05859,-118.24105 (point), 34.05878,-118.24044 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1878/1888

Inherited Subject Architecture (lcsh), Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Banning (subject), Banning Residence (subject), Banning, M. N. (subject), buildings (adlf), Fortification (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- North of Temple (file heading), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General (file heading), Phillips, Joseph (subject), Plazas (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Willis, John A. (subject)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Date Created 1878/1888

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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View of Sonora Town and Fort Moore Hill looking north from Plaza Church, ca.1883

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