Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Los Angeles: Topographic Views of Olvera Street

Preferred Title: 
Los Angeles: Topographic Views of Olvera Street
Image View: 
La Plaza United Methodist Church, 115 Paseo De La Plaza; detail, cupola and tower in Spanish Colonial Revival and Moorish Revival style
Creator: 
Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)
Location: 
site: Los Angeles, California, United States
Location Note: 
Olvera Street (La Placita Olvera); Plaza-Olvera area
GPS: 
+34.057495-118.237996
Date: 
August 2007 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
American
Style Period: 
Nineteenth century; Spanish Colonial Revival; Twenty-first century
Work Type 1: 
topographical view
Work Type 2: 
photograph
Classification: 
urban and topographical views
Material: 
digital images
Technique: 
photography
Description: 
Olvera Street (La Placita Olvera) is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument (Los Angeles Plaza Historic District). Since 1911 it was described as Sonora Town. Having started as a short lane, Wine Street, it was extended and renamed in honor of Agustín Olvera, a prominent local judge, in 1877. There are 27 historic buildings lining Olvera Street, including the Avila Adobe, the Pelanconi House and the Sepulveda House. In 1930, it was converted to a colorful Mexican marketplace. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Image Description: 
Built in 1926, in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the Plaza Methodist Church was built on the site of the adobe once owned by Agustín Olvera, the man for whom Olvera Street was named.
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Eight
Identifier: 
1A2-US-LA-OSA-A12
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.