California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

The Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (or Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899

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The Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (or Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899

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Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (near Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899. The Victorian-style church is about four-stories tall. It features a clock tower, inclined roofs, and stone masonry walls. A built to surround the property also is made of stone masonry. Trees surround the property. Hills are visible in the background.; "The church was originally built in 1889 for Mrs. Alexander Campbell-Johnston in memory of her late husband. It was designed by Architect Ernest Coxhead and was built in a style reminiscent of a church that Mrs. Campbell-Johnston remembered from her native Scotland. This photo also shows stone wall that appears to be under construction along Avenue 64, then Mountain Avenue. The wall was designed in 1895 by Architect Fred L. Rohrig." -- unknown author.; "Church of the Angels is located on Avenue 64 and Church Street, Highland Park. The story of how a charming stone Victorian church came to stand on what was once a Spanish land grant goes something like this: In 1798 land was granted to Jose Maria Verdugo, an area encompassing thousands of acres of what we now call Pasadena and Burbank. It was known then as Rancho San Rafael. The Verdugos prospered; the land was handed down to children and children's children. But the prosperity passed and hard times forced descendants of Jose Maria to sell much of the land. In 1869 a man named Prudent Beaudry lived up to his name by gaining several thousand acres of Rancho San Rafael in a loan forfeiture. He went on to become mayor of Los Angeles in 1874. About a decade later, a British diplomat named Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnson visited Southern California. He must have liked what he saw, because in 1883 he and his wife, Frances, purchased 2,000 acres from Beaudry. They quickly developed the land for farming, turned over operations to their sons and left for England. A few years later, Alexander and Frances returned to the re-christened San Rafael Ranch, but Alexander took ill and died in January of 1888. In memory of her husband, Mrs. Campbell-Johnson commissioned a church from Arthur Street -- son of the famous Victorian architect George Street. Inspired by one of his father's designs, Arthur drew up plans and sent them to Ernest A. Coxhead, another British architect who was building quite a reputation in Central California. The first cornerstone was laid by Frances herself on Easter eve of 1889. The church was finished in September of that same year. Exercising considerable artistic expression with Street's plans, Coxhead created a masterpiece that remains nearly unchanged save for slight earthquake damage to the clock tower. Today, Church of the Angels is an active place of worship and a sought-after venue for wedding ceremonies." -- Bill Smith, ca.2001.

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Title The Church of the Angels, 1100 North Avenue 64, Highland Park (or Garvanza?), Los Angeles, ca.1895-1899

Subject Church of the Angels (subject), Churches (lcsh), Coxhead, Ernest (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- Architecture (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), Stone walls (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1100 North Avenue 64 (roadway), California (states), Church of the Angels (manmade features), Garvanza (city or populated place), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1895/1899

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1895/1899

Creator Coxhead, Earnest A. (architect), Rohrig, Fred L. (architect)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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.

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m860

Identifier 5897 (accession number), CHS-5897 (call number), CHS-5897 (filename), isla id: S-4464 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8288 (legacy record id), chs-m860 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1990 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-861 (legacy record id), 1-16-48 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8288

Unique identifier UC125289

Legacy Identifier CHS-5897.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
51.3 cm × 40.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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