AKA: Belasco Theater #2, Los Angeles, CA; Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres
Designers: Morgan, Walls and Clements, Architects (firm); Stiles Oliver Clements (architect); Octavius Weller Morgan Sr. (architect); John A. Walls (architect)
Dates: constructed 1925-1926
According to movie palace historian David Naylor, the Belasco Theatre #2 housed the Metropolitan Church, a gay religious group, c. 1980.
Spanish Baroque in style; like many theatres of its time, the building was designed to accommodate live performances and movies. Initially, the Belasco seated 1,061 patrons.
Ground floor facade redone;
Los Angeles City Historical-Cultural Monument (01/30/1990 ): 476
PCAD id: 929