Architect: Allison, David Clark, 1881-1962 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The firm of Allison & Allison was founded in Pittsburg by brothers James Allison (1870-1955) and David Allison (1881-1962). They came to Los Angeles in 1910 and were active until the early 1940s. They were known for their educational buildings, and designed several at UCLA, including Royce Hall (1929). They also designed many important churches and schools, including the Wilshire Boulevard Temple (1922-29) by David Allison with A. Edelman and S. Tilden Norton. The firm moved its offices to the Edison building upon its completion.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church from the north-east at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards.
Date:: [circa 1925-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Exterior view of the main facade of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church. Signs on the church advertise a fundraising effort to prevent foreclosure, reading: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody." A tower-shaped sign to indicate the status of the fundraising effort is at the corner of the property. Other signs read: "Leila Castberg Preacher ... Church of Divine Power...Service, Sunday 7:30," and "May 6 The Miracle Church, Dr. Frank Dyer...Duled By Money...7:30."
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects. It is located at 4350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, and is the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church (10/2012).
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church is located at 4350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
Date:: May 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Architectural drawing of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church showing the main façade, the Gunsaulus Hall addition on the right, and plantings.
Date:: [circa 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Exterior view of the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church at Plymouth and Wilshire Boulevards, just after the exterior scaffolding came down. Signs on the church advertised a fundraising effort to acquire donations to complete the construction project: "Save The Tower! $25,000 will do it. Will You Give It?" and "$50,000 Will Save This Church. Have You Given Your Bit for Religion? This Church belongs to Everybody" and "Save The Church In May, $50,000 Needed..." The edifice is now the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church. The building was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects.
Date:: May 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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