First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA Print route »
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First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is a historic church at 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is a member of National Association of Congregational Christian Churches since 1962, though the congregation also joined the United Church of Christ in the fall of 2017. Founded in 1867, the church is the city's oldest continuous Protestant congregation. The congregation moved around using a variety of buildings until it moved to its current location in 1932, with the first service being held on March 13, 1932.The current building is an impressive English Gothic Revival-style designed by Los Angeles' architects James Edward Allison & David Clark Allison, the massive concrete structure was reinforced with more than 500 tons of steel. Its dominant feature is a tower soaring 157 feet and weighing 30,000 tons. There are four three-ton pinnacles at the corners of the tower rise another nineteen feet. Supported by more than 150 caissons extending up to forty-five feet into the bedrock. The church is claimed to house the world's second largest church organ.On March 15, 2002, the church was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission.
