Immanuel Presbyterian Church
- Year
- 1929
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
Immanuel Presbyterian Church's current building was completed in 1929 on Wilshire Boulevard, now in Koreatown, for a congregation established in 1888 as a spinoff of downtown's First Presbyterian Church. Built in the French Gothic style with a 205-foot corner tower, it was one of the large churches erected along Wilshire Boulevard in the 1920s to serve the growing westside.
the building
The rose window and tower. Critic Sam Hall Kaplan called it 'a splendid example of the soaring French Gothic Revival style,' pointing to the stained-glass rose window above the entry and a 205-foot corner tower. Inside, beam trusses, columns, and arches frame a carved wood pulpit, chandeliers, and oak furnishings.
the style
Los Angeles architect Chauncey Fitch Skilling designed the church in what critic Sam Hall Kaplan called 'a splendid example of the soaring French Gothic Revival style, with an exterior marked by a stained-glass rose window above the entry.' The style's verticality culminates in the building's 205-foot corner tower.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
Immanuel Presbyterian Church was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #743 on February 4, 2003. Its windows include traditional work by the Dixon Art Glass company alongside more contemporary designs from Judson Studios.
nearby
- Hotel Chancellor
- Brown Derby
- Equitable Life Building
- Chapman Park Market Building
- Chapman Park Studio Building
- Bullock's Wilshire Building