PCAD - County of Los Angeles, Hall of Records Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records #1 (left), County Courthouse (center) and County Hall of Justice (right), Los Angeles, 1927; from the University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #CHS-33190

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records from the site of the new City Hall; view of LA Times Building tower #3 (left) and City Hall #3 (right), Los Angeles, c. 1926; from University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #35191

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Court House #3 (left) and the County Hall of Records #1 (right), Los Angeles, c. 1926; from the University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #CHS-11941

Postcard view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records Building, Los Angeles, c. 1910; from the author's collection, photo by the O.Newman Company, Los Angeles, CA

Postcard view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records Building, Los Angeles, c. 1910; from the author's collection, postcard by the Western Publishing and Novelty Company, Los Angeles, CA

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Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

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Overview

Los Angeles County's huge Hall of Records Building #1 was utilitzed by the County of Los Angeles from 1911 until 1976. Designed by the Los Angeles tandem of Hudson and Munsell, Architects, the skyscraper government building cost approximately $1.5 million to erect in 1908.

Demolition

Hudson and Munsell's Hall of Records was demolished during 07/1973.

PCAD id: 9613

Publications

"Plans for Hall of Records, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1, 02/04/1908.

County of Los Angeles, Hall of Records Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1908) demolished

Publications