National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, 11301 W...
Significance: From the National Historic Landmarks Theme Study: Established by Congress in 1865 and developed as a network of eleven branches across the country, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldier... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...
Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...
Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More
Vickrey-Brunswig Building, 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: Designed by prominent Los Angeles architect Robert Brown Young, it represents the rapid transformation of Los Angeles in the final quarter of the 19th century from an agricultural outpost during t... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...
Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...
Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...
Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More
Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...
Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More
Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...
Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More
Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...
Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Mojave Headquarters Station, Los Angeles, Los An...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-AA Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Mojave Headquarters Station, Los Angeles, Los An...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-AA Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Alabama Gates, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-R Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Los Angeles to Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Significance: The Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) was the first divided-lane, high-speed, limited-access road in the urban western United States and the first stretch of road for what would become the ex... More
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Los Angeles to Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Significance: The Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) was the first divided-lane, high-speed, limited-access road in the urban western United States and the first stretch of road for what would become the ex... More
Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Venice Canals, Community of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figueroa Street Tunnels, Mileposts 24.90, 25.14, 25.28, & 25.37 on Arr...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-G Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figueroa Street Tunnels, Mileposts 24.90, 25.14, 25.28, & 25.37 on Arr...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-G Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...
Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More
Sowden House, 5121 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Significance: This house, designed by Lloyd Wright in 1926, is built around a central court which originally contained an elaborate fountain. The house is entered through a cavelike opening whose textured conc... More
Los Angeles in 1869. Main portion of Los Angeles, taken from the site ...
H40595 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. W. Hazard; May 21, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42884. Reproduction of image taken in 1869.
Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...
Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Haiwee Dam Reservoir, Los Angeles, Los Angeles C...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-T Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...
Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...
Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Figueroa Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles Riv...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-J Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rudolph M. Schindler House, 833 North Kings Road, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: Rudolph M. Schindler designed this residence for himself and his friend, Clyde B. Chase; begun in 1921, the building was completed in 1922. Tapered modular concrete wall slabs were poured on the ... More
Fourth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, Los An...
Significance: Fourth Street Viaduct was one of several reinforced concrete bridges providing an elegant, sturdy crossing over the Los Angeles River and railroad tracks built by the City of Los Angeles beginning... More
Fourth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, Los An...
Significance: Fourth Street Viaduct was one of several reinforced concrete bridges providing an elegant, sturdy crossing over the Los Angeles River and railroad tracks built by the City of Los Angeles beginning... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Hull Pattern Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue,...
Significance: Contiguous with the north side of Building 15 and nearly as long, this narrow, single story wood frame structure is the only element of the Building 14-15-16 complex which does not employ laminate... More
Fourth Street Bridge, Spanning Lorena Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Significance: Fourth Street Bridge over Lorena Street and Bernal Avenue is significant as one of a group of bridges constructed in a planned effort by the City of Los Angeles to undertake monumental bridge cons... More
Fourth Street Bridge, Spanning Lorena Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Significance: Fourth Street Bridge over Lorena Street and Bernal Avenue is significant as one of a group of bridges constructed in a planned effort by the City of Los Angeles to undertake monumental bridge cons... More
Samuel Freeman House, 1962 Glencoe Way, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...
Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright textile block house (California). / The Samuel Freeman House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's California textile block houses, was des... More
Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...
Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More
Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...
Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More
Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...
Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More
Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...
Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More
Washington Boulevard Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: Washington Boulevard Bridge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as one of a group of twelve significant bridges over the Los Angeles River. The bridge is architecturally sign... More
Plaza Fire House, 126 Plaza Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...
Significance: This is the oldest standing fire house in Los Angeles (built 1884), and the second to be built by the City. Significant for interpretation of the mode of fire protection during the late 19th centu... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Garvanza Pump Station, Los Angeles, Los Angeles ...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-AI Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...
Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More
Benjamin A. Breakey House, 1660 Rockwood Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: The residence is a rare example of its Victorian style in the neighborhood. Sited on a prominent corner location, it is one of the oldest (pre-1890) extant residences identified to date in the ce... More
Federal Title Building, 437 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Los Angele...
Significance: Federal Title Building was designed by Walker and Eisen, a prominent Southern California architectural firm. It is an important part of the Hill Street streetscape, particularly for its associati... More
Sunset Tower Apartments, 8358 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Significance: Originally, and still, one of Sunset Boulevard's most prestigious addresses, Sunset Towers is a fine example of the free-standing skyscraper of the 1920's. The extensive schedule of sculptural de... More
Sunset Tower Apartments, 8358 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Significance: Originally, and still, one of Sunset Boulevard's most prestigious addresses, Sunset Towers is a fine example of the free-standing skyscraper of the 1920's. The extensive schedule of sculptural de... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Cottonwood Power Plant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-S Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Cottonwood Power Plant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-S Public domain photograph related to electric power tools, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Smith House, 191 South Hudson Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,...
Significance: This substantial residence uses Zigzag ornamental motifs more common to commercial than domestic bldgs. There are several very fine art-glass windows in the Deco mode. The scale of this ornament... More
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...
Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, California Aqueduct, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-AC Public domain photograph of a viaduct, bridge, arch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James K. Hill & Sons Pickle Works, 1001-1007 East First Street, Los An...
Significance: The building is an increasingly rare surviving example of Victorian-era brick industrial vernacular architecture in the center of Los Angeles's former warehouse district, which represents the earl... More
Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-37-1 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-37-1 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-37-1 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-37-1 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Pico Hotel, 430 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CA-317 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Pico Hotel, 430 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CA-317 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Hughes Aircraft Company, Duramold Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los...
Significance: Significant as the building in which the wood for the Flying Boat was processed, Building 16 is a long rectangular structure, 65 feet wide by 441 feet long, contiguous with Building 15, with which... More
Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Second & Main Streets, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: Built during the years 1871-75, was for a number of years one of the finest structures built in Southern California since statehood. Until the late 1880s, it was the largest church building in Los... More
Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Second & Main Streets, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: Built during the years 1871-75, was for a number of years one of the finest structures built in Southern California since statehood. Until the late 1880s, it was the largest church building in Los... More
Macy Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: The Cesar Chavez-Macy Street Bridge is designated Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 224, declared August 1, 1979. Bridge designers chose its Spanish Colonial Revival style to commem... More
Four Level Interchange, Intersection of Arroyo Seco Parkway & Harbor, ...
Survey number: HAER CA-266 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles Aqueduct, Parker Creek Intake, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co...
Survey number: HAER CA-298-C Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Cou...
Significance: Intended as a major arts and cultural center, Barnsdall Park was never completed as planned by its donor - Aline Barnsdall, or by its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. What was built, and what remai... More
North Broadway Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: North Broadway Bridge is one of the twelve historic bridges over the Los Angeles River determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Its construction, spearheaded by the Easts... More
North Broadway Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: North Broadway Bridge is one of the twelve historic bridges over the Los Angeles River determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Its construction, spearheaded by the Easts... More
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Fremont Avenue Bridge, Milepost 31.01, Los Angele...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-AE Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...
Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...
Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Grand Avenue Bridge, Milepost 30.43, Los Angeles,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Ange...
Survey number: HABS CA-2709 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Ange...
Survey number: HABS CA-2709 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...
Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More
University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...
Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More
University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...
Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More
Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...
Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description