List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

This is a List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles. There are 188 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California.The total is documented by the table below, with verification in the National Register Information System (NRIS) for each one. Searching in the National Register Information System at [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm] upon "CA" and "Los Angeles" yields a lower total for the city, because the NRIS system lists some sites in Hollywood, San Pedro, Tujunga and other neighborhoods as if those were separate cities.] Seventeen of these Registered Historic Places (RHPs) are in fact historic districts which include numerous buildings and other structures. The historic districts include the Hollywood Boulevard business district and four large areas in Downtown Los Angeles: the Plaza Historic District, Little Tokyo, the Spring Street Financial District and the Broadway Theater District.

Ten of these sites are further designated National Historic Landmarks of the United States. These are Angelus Temple, Baldwin Hills Village, the Aline Barnsdall Complex, the Bradbury Building, the Eames House, the "Lane Victory", the Little Tokyo Historic District, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the "Ralph J. Scott", and the Watts Towers of Simon Rodia.

The first site in Los Angeles to be listed was the Rómulo Pico Adobe in the Mission Hills section of the city, and the second site listed was the Los Angeles Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles. Several of the oldest historic sites are located in the Los Angeles Plaza Historical District in Downtown Los Angeles; these include the original Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Angeles Church (1822), the Avila Adobe, Los Angeles' oldest residence (1818), Olvera Street, the Italianate style Masonic Hall (1858), and the Italian Renaissance Revival style Merced Theater (1869). [cite web|title=Los Angeles Plaza Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ca/ca12.htm]

Of the sites, while most are office buildings or homes, three are actually ships. [The 3 ships are: S.S. "Catalina", "Lane Victory", and "Ralph J. Scott"] There are 21 Los Angeles Public Library branches (or buildings that were formerly branches) listed in the register. [The [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000066.pdf Los Angeles Branch Library System TR] Multiple Property Submission nomination explains 22 branch libraries but one, the University Branch, appears not to have been listed.] Seven temples or churches are listed. At least five sites are related to rail transportation. [Rail transportation sites include: Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Steam Locomotive No. 3751, Santa Fe Freight Depot, Streetcar Depot, and Subway Terminal Building.] Included also are four hotels, four theaters (in addition to the Broadway Theater District), four U.S. post offices, and four fire stations.

To be listed on the National Register, sites must retain their historic integrity, they usually must be 50 years old, and their listing must be promoted – or at least not opposed – by the current owner, so many historically important sites in the city are not listed. Included on the list are sites relating to the movie industry such as a former office building of the Warner Bros. studios, but no film lots or film studio buildings are listed. Despite the city's involvement in aviation history, only two sites, Hangar One and Portal of the Folded Wings, appears to relate to that. Perhaps only a Victory ship and two coastal battery sites relate to the city's military-industrial history.

The RHPs are distributed across many neighborhoods of Los Angeles, from San Pedro in the south to the northern reaches of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, and from the Pacific Palisades on the west to Highland Park on the east. Thirty-one are located in Downtown Los Angeles; 24 are in Hollywood, 14 are in West Adams, and 12 are in San Pedro. Reflecting the sprawl of Los Angeles, the city's northernmost historic site in Chatsworth (the Old Stagecoach Trail) is more than 55 miles from its southernmost site in San Pedro (Point Fermin Light).

::"This National Park Service list is complete as of May 16 2008" [ [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/nrlist.htm Recent Listings] ]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
*List of National Historic Landmarks in California

References

External links

* [http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/lamap2.htm City of Los Angeles Map] at Given Place Media
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/ National Register Information System] , National Park Service.