PCAD - Hazard's Pavilion, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Academy of Music, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA; Hazard's Auditorium, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, c. 1890; from the Los Angeles Public Library and Water and Power Associates.org

Exterior view of the Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, c. 1890. From an article, "Music Halls of Yesterday," possibly from Overture Magazine, 03/1938, from University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, Special Collections, California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960, Item #CHS-12869

Interior view of Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1903; from the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and Water and Power Associates.org

Portrait of Henry T. Hazard, Los Angeles, c. 1890; from the Los Angeles Public Library

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West 5th Street and South Olive Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90013

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Northeast corner of West Fifth Street and South Olive Street.

Overview

Attornery, land speculator and civic leader Henry T. Hazard (1844-1921) commissioned the construction of Hazard's Pavilion, a capacious, multi-purpose assembly and performance space in Downtown Los Angeles from 1887 until 1905. Hazard served as Los Angeles's 20th mayor, serving from 1889 until 1892.

Building History

This grand venue (costing $25,000 to construct) was one of the most popular assembly places in Los Angeles from 1887-1906; like a church, its interior was divided into a tall central space (a "nave"), its ceiling carried on trussed beams, while two, three-story wings flanked the length of the auditorium. The second and third floors of each wing accomodated balcony seating. The whole space had a seating capacity in excess of 4,000 people; In its busy 19 years of existence, Hazard's hosted operas, religious meetings, pageants, boxing matches and theatrical events.

Demolition

Hazard's Pavilion was demolished in late 1905; Clune's Auditorium, also known as Philharmonic Auditorium, was built on its site, designed by architect Charles F. Whittlesey (1867-1941) and Otto H. Neher (1878-1960).

PCAD id: 9636

Hazard's Pavilion, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1887) demolished