Identifier	clloy_162
Title	St. Vincent Cathedral, Los Angeles, Calif.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1937
Subject (Topic)	Cathedrals--California--Los Angeles; Catholic church buildings--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Church of St. Vincent de Paul (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view looking north toward the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles, California, with cars parked outside.
Historical Background	The Church of St. Vincent de Paul, sometimes called the St. Vincent Cathedral, is located at 621 W. Adams Blvd. in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. Oil tycoon Edward Doheny gave roughly one million dollars for the project, on the condition that the new church be modeled after the cathedrals in Mexico, of which Mrs. Estelle Doheny was very fond. The church was designed by architect Albert C. Martin in a Spanish baroque style featuring a tile-inlaid dome over the transept, and a tall bell tower at the southwest corner. The exterior is decorated with statuary and friezes, and the interior with murals, carvings, marble, and bronze. The building was completed in 1925. Prior to the church's completion, parishioners had been meeting in an 1887 church building on the campus of St. Vincent's College, which later became Loyola College." Between 1880 and 1925, West Adams was a fashionable neighborhood for the very wealthy, and many of Los Angeles' finest architects designed homes there. During the 1950s and 1960s, the construction of the Santa Monica and Harbor Freeways resulted in the destruction of many historic buildings, but in the 1990s, three areas of West Adams were designated as Historic Preservation Overlay Zones by the city of Los Angeles, preventing further destruction.
Publisher's Identifier	Stamped in lower right corner of photograph: "OWL-G1"
Additional Notes	Real photo postcard; Approximate date from postmark.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection