Angelus Temple

Infobox_nrhp | name =Angelus Temple
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = Angelus Temple
location = 1100 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 4
lat_seconds = 34.79
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 15
long_seconds = 38.99
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
architect= Brook Hawkins
architecture= Modern Movement
designated= June 23, 1965cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2136&ResourceType=Building
title=Angelus Temple|date=2007-09-28|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 27, 1992cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=92001875

Angelus Temple is the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California. It was constructed under the leadership of Aimee Semple McPherson and dedicated on the First of January, 1923 [The cornerstone of the building bears the inscription ' Dedicated unto the cause of inter-denominational and worldwide evangelism - see http://www.foursquareassociation.org/foursquare.html" ] . The temple, located opposite Echo Park Lake, had an original seating capacity of 5,300, huge for a church then and now, but suited well for the popular attraction of Aimee Semple McPherson, who was an evangelical sensation of the 1920's and 1930's.

The lighted cross, atop the temple's dome, is a longstanding landmark.

L. I. F. E. Bible College was founded in a building adjacent to Angelus Temple. The building is currently the home of the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church. The former Queen of Angels Hospital is the base of operations for the Dream Center, which housed many people from the Gulf States displaced after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

Angelus Temple was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/92001875.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Angelus Temple] |629 KiB |authors=Page Putnam Miller, Jill S. Topolski, and Vernon Horn|date=November 13, 1991|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/92001875.pdf "Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1991"] |219 KiB ]

It is currently pastored by Matthew and Caroline Barnett.

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

References

External links

* [http://www.angelustemple.org/ Official Homepage]