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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1J_naval-and-marine-corps-reserve-center_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Designed as the largest enclosed structure without columns in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements & Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1G_first-jewish-site-in-los-angeles_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles (1854), first charitable organization in the city, acquired this site from the city council by deed of April 9, 1855. This purchase of a sacred burial ground represented the first organized community ef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYF_plaza-substation_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The largest and most significant of the fourteen substations in the city, this brick power-transforming plant was built by the Los Angeles Railway Company to convert electricity from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) so as to provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYE_old-ironsides_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This iron cannon was installed on the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides", which was launched October 21, 1797. First in action against French privateers in 1798, "Old Ironsides" rendered distinguished service against the British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATQ_aimee-semple-mcpherson_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) founded the international Church of the Foursquare Gospel and was a well-known figure in Los Angeles. After her founding of the Angelus Temple in 1923, the population of the Echo Park neighborhood greatly increas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATP_a-gabrielino-indian-site_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Archaeological evidence indicates that Indian villages were located in Ferndell Canyon.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASK_gays-lion-farm_El-Monte-CA.html
In celebration of Gay's Lion Farm. From its start on July 1, 1925, until it closed in December of 1942, the roar of hundreds of lions could be heard throughout the valley, into the hills and beyond.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASG_casa-adobe-de-san-rafael_Glendale-CA.html
Built by Tomas and Maria Sanchez, 1865-1871. Restored by the City of Glendale, 1932. California Historical Landmark No. 235.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARC_adams-pack-station_Arcadia-CA.html
A Brief History
The barn and two-room bunkhouse/store that were still being utilized at Adams' Pack Station in 2011 were built 75 years earlier by the original owner of what has become the last remaining pack station in southern California.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARB_juan-matias-sanchez-adobe_Montebello-CA.html
The Sanchez Adobe was built in 1845 and is the oldest home in the Montebello area. The land was granted to Dona Casilda Soto de Lobo by the Mexican Governor Manuel Micheltorena
on October 8, 1844. Mrs. Josephine Scott Crocker deeded the Sanchez A…