PCAD - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Vincent de Paul Church, University Park, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, University Park, Los Angeles, CA; Saint Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, University Park, Los Angeles, CA

621 West Adams Boulevard
University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007

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The Church of Saint Vincent de Paul stood on the northwest corner of West Adams Boulevard and South Figueroa Street.

Building History

The Boston and New York-based firm of Cram and Ferguson collaborated with Los Angeles architect A.C. Martin on the design of this church's interior. Martin completed the exterior design. In the estimation of architectural historians David Gebhard and Robert Winter, St. Vincent de Paul "Certainly [was] one of the principal landmarks of L.A. and one of the Spanish Colonial Revival in California. The Spanish Churrigueresque of Mexico was used as a design source for this church, ...inspired by Bertram G. Goodhue's California Building at the 1915 San Diego Exposition." (See David Gebhard and Robert Winter, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, [Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, Incorporated, 1994], p. 267.)

Building Notes

The oil tycoon, Edward L. Doheny, Sr., (1856-1935) contributed significantly to the erection of this church. His wealth enabled the commissioning of the pre-eminent church-building firm in the US at the time, Cram and Ferguson of New York, NY, and Boston, MA.

PCAD id: 154

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 267, 1994.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Vincent de Paul Church, University Park, Los Angeles, CA (1923-1925)

Publications