Iglesia Adventista Central
- Architect
- Elmer Grey
- Year
- 1912
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
Built in 1912 at 1366 South Alvarado Street as the First Church of Christ, Scientist, this Pico-Union church was designed by noted Los Angeles architect Elmer Grey in a mix of Beaux Arts, Italianate, and Spanish Romanesque Revival styles. The congregation sold the building in 1972, and it later served briefly as the Los Angeles branch of the Peoples Temple, led by the Reverend Jim Jones, before becoming the Spanish-speaking Seventh-day Adventist congregation Iglesia Adventista Central by 2007.
the style
Grey blended Beaux Arts, Italianate, and Spanish Romanesque Revival elements for the church, an eclectic classical vocabulary applied to a Christian Science congregation building in 1912.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Elmer Grey was a noted Los Angeles architect; this 1912 church is one of his documented designs.
significance
The building is a contributing property in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984, and is separately designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. It later gained notoriety as the Los Angeles branch of the Peoples Temple under the Reverend Jim Jones before its conversion to Iglesia Adventista Central.
nearby
- Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn
- Frederick Mitchell Mooers House
- Second Church of Christ, Scientist
- First Baptist Church of Los Angeles
- Young's Market Company Building
- Miller and Herriott House