| Hall of Justice | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Government offices |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| Location | 211 W Temple St Los Angeles, California 90012 |
| Coordinates | 34°03′22″N118°14′35″W / 34.056°N 118.243°W /34.056; -118.243 |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Allied Architects Association |
TheHall of Justice inLos Angeles is located at 211 W.Temple Street in theCivic Center district ofDowntown Los Angeles. It occupies the southern two-thirds of the block between Temple and First streets and between Broadway and Spring streets.
Built in 1925, it was together withLos Angeles City Hall the first two large buildings opened in what would over the following decades demolish and transform thelate-19th-century Central Business District to a Civic Center of modern landmark buildings and plazas.
The Hall of Justice was designed inBeaux-Arts style by theAllied Architects Association, a coalition of Los Angeles-based architects founded in 1921 to design public buildings. Participating architects includedOctavius Morgan,Reginald Davis Johnson,George Edwin Bergstrom,David C. Allison,Myron Hunt,Elmer Grey,Sumner Hunt,Sumner Spaulding, andPierpont Davis.[1][2][3]
It was the centerpiece of theLos Angeles County justice system until it was damaged in theNorthridge earthquake.
It was the home of Los Angeles County courts, theLos Angeles County Coroner, theLos Angeles County Sheriff's Office, and theLos Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and was for many years the primaryLos Angeles County Jail.
TheBeaux-Arts 1925 building was featured on television shows includingDragnet,Perry Mason andGet Smart. It was also featured inVisiting... withHuell Howser Episode 1014.[4]
Notable residents of the Hall of Justice includedCharles Manson,Sirhan Sirhan,Frances Farmer,Robert Mitchum andShorty Rossi, star of theAnimal Planet showPit Boss, along with being the venue where the Supreme Court caseCohen v. California began, with the defendant wearing a coarse statement against the military draft on his blazer while walking its halls and being arrested fordisturbing the peace. Autopsies performed at the Hall of Justice include those of actressMarilyn Monroe and the assassinated presidential candidate and formerUnited States Attorney GeneralRobert F. Kennedy. It was used as a filming location for the 1997 Clint Eastwood movieAbsolute Power, as the Washington, D.C. police headquarters.[5]
The Hall of Justice was shut down after January 1994 after sustaining damage because of the1994 Northridge earthquake. In 2015, the building re-opened after undergoing a complete restoration andseismic retrofitting. The restoration and retrofit of the building was performed by the design build team consisting of Clark Construction, AC Martin Architects, and Englekirk Structural Engineers. The offices of the Los Angeles County Sheriff and the District Attorney returned to the building with its reopening.[6]
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