PCAD - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA

3772 East 3rd Street
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA 90063

Building History

An eclectic designer, Lester G. Scherer (1898-1973) was well-known for his structures in the Art Deco Style. For various reasons, few churches commissioned architects to design their assembly spaces in such an overtly modern mode. Religious ceremony and liturgy is heavily based on the past, and, therefore, most churches have chosen to refer back in time, rather than anticipate new trends. Tulsa, OK's Boston Avenue Methodist Church (1929) was another rare example of an Art Deco house of worship.

Building Notes

Tel: 323.526.3800 (2019).

PCAD id: 8058

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles Architecture: The Guide, 260, 1994.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA (1930)

Publications