Know Your City No.54 The Rochester, a Victorian apartment house at 1012 W Temple St. Los Angeles, Calif.

Title: Know Your City No.54 The Rochester, a Victorian apartment house at 1012 W Temple St. Los Angeles, Calif.
Date Created: January 10, 1956
Date: 1956-01-10
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The Rochester" was declared a historical-cultural monument by the city of Los Angeles on January 4, 1963 but was demolished in 1979.
ANSWER: Anyone who has ever traveled the freeways surely has noticed the old mansion, now converted into a rooming house. Its address is 1012 W Temple St., but it can be readily seen from the four-level structure of the freeways. If is just off southernbound lanes of the Harbor Freeway and it curves off the Hollywood Freeway. Recognize it now, don't' you?
Caption: KNOW YOUR CITY, NO. 54 -- This ornate old house (now painted light green) is seen by tens of thousands every day. Unfortunately, its origin and history are obscured by many owners and alterations. Just a landmark. Answer, Page 21, Part 1.

Genre: news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Longitude: 34.0620751
Latitude: -118.2504904
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Architecture, Victorian--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950BY
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002t5dj
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