Angelus Funeral Home | |
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| Location | 1010 E Jefferson Blvd.,Los Angeles,California[2] |
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| Coordinates | 34°0′56.71″N118°20′5.22″W / 34.0157528°N 118.3347833°W /34.0157528; -118.3347833 |
| Built | 1934 |
| Architect | Paul R. Williams |
| Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival,Georgina Revival |
| MPS | African Americans in Los Angeles |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000146[1] |
| LAHCM No. | 774 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 2009 |
| Designated LAHCM | January 6, 2004[3] |
TheAngelus Funeral Home is a historicfuneral home building at 1010 E Jefferson Blvd inSouth Los Angeles, California that has been repurposed as an affordable housing complex.[4] The building was listed as aLos Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and on theNational Register of Historic Places in 2009.
In 1925, Angelus Funeral Home was the first Black-owned business to be incorporated in California.[5] The building was designed by noted African-American architectPaul R. Williams in theSpanish Colonial andGeorgian Revival styles and also includes Art Deco elements.[6][7][8]
The building was deemed to satisfy the registration requirements set forth in a multiple property submission study, theAfrican Americans in Los Angeles MPS.[6][7] Other sites listed pursuant to the same MPS study include theSecond Baptist Church,Lincoln Theater,28th Street YMCA,Prince Hall Masonic Temple,52nd Place Historic District,27th Street Historic District, and two historic all-Black segregated fire stations (Fire Station No. 14 andFire Station No. 30).
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