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Plaza Methodist Church 1925
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Built on the site of the adobe home once owned by Agustín Olvera, who is the name sake of Olvera street. The church served missionary work among Hispanic and Chinese people along with its sister cities Pasadena and Santa Ana from 1880-1910. Remodeled in the 1960s and was designated a Methodist Historical Site in 1979.

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Avila Annex and Christine Sterling Exhibit Museum
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The courtyard was added in 1977 to accomodate visiting classrooms and there is restrooms available too, but just on the otherside you would not know it is two stories. Between the offices are the exhibits of the history of water in Los Angeles and Christine Sterling. The water exhibit starts upstairs and winds down the staircase to the Christine Sterling exhibit.

All are open to the public, usually during the hours of 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays.

Updated Apr 4, 2011

Address: 845 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012

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La Iglesia De Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles 1784
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Just Across the street from the Olvera street plaza and to the west is also called, "Old Plaza Church" was first established in 1784 as a chapel. This is the oldest Catholic Church in the city, the interior displays are so beautifully ornate with wrought iron and gold leaf. There is a collection of religious paintings on the altar and murals grace the ceilings. Today, Our Lady Queen of Angels still serves as an active church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The plaque upfront reads: City of Los Angeles Bicentennial Historical Plaque.

On September 4, 1781, eleven families of pobladores (44 persons including children) arrived at this place from the Gulf of California to establish a pueblo which was to become the city of Los Angeles. This colonization ordered by King Carlos III of Spain was carried out under the direction of Governor Felipe de Neve. Not until 77 years later were the boundaries of the four square leagues of the original pueblo formally established and confirmed to the city by the U.S. land commission. Notes of U. S. deputy surveyor Henry Hancock record the survey. "Commenced September 13, 1858, at the center of the plaza in front of the catholic church...at which point I set a post marked C. L. A. (City of Los Angeles)." This marker at the center of the original pueblo is an exact replica of the posts which once marked the boundaries. The final map by Hancock was used as the design of this plaque.

This plaque formally dedicated in the Los Angeles Bicentennial Year of 1981 by: Mayor, Tom Bradley, City of Los Angeles; Councilman 9th District, Gilbert Lindsay; City Engineer, Donald Tilman.

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Address: 535 Main St. Los Angeles, Ca 90012

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The Blessing of the Animals Mural
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Painted by Leo Politi in 1978 and is located on the front of the Biscailuz Building that is facing towards the Olvera Plaza. It is dedicated to the ceremony of consecrating animals, an annual tradition which has taken place at El Pueblo since 1938.

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Reina de Mexico y Emperatriz de America
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This beautiful mural is painted on the north side of Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles - Our Lady Queen of Angeles Catholic Community Church. It has quite the adornment and dedication of the Catholic faith with candles, flowers, crucifixes, pictures, and just plain love. It is quite the sight to see.

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Address: 535 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012

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Father Hidalgo Rang the Bell of Dolores Mural
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The mural is painted on 300 1' ceramic tiles by Eduardo Carrillo

Eduardo Carrillo created a mural in 1977 replicating when the Bell of Dolores was rang by Father Hidalgo on the morning of September 16, 1810, signaling the beginning of Mexico's Wars of Independence from Spain of Mexico's Wars of Independence from Spain. The figures are Dona Josefa Dominguez, Jose Maria Morelos, Captain Ignacio Allende, and Juan de Aldama.

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Father Junipero Serra 1713-1784
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The plaque reads: Born on the Island of Majorca off the coast of Spain, Father Serra was ordained in Palma where he taught for fifteen years before being sent to Mexico as a missionary in 1749. In 1769 he became Padre Presidente of the Franciscan missions in Baja California. That same year he accompanied Gaspar de Portola on a colonizing expedition to San Diego where he founded the first of the nine missions he established in Alta California. Despite an injured leg and constant pain, Father Serra labored mightily in the service of the Church and was a major leader in the conquest of California for Spain.
This statue was erected by the Knights of Columbus in 1932 and was rededicated on the 200th anniversary of Father Serr's death on August 28, 1784.

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Felipe de Neve 1728-1784
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The plaque reads: Spanish governor of the Californias, 1775-82. In 1781 on the orders of King Carlos III of Spain, Felipe de Neve selected a site near the river Porciuncula and laid out the town of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles, one of 2 Spanish pueblos he founded in Alta California.

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Carlos III of Spain 1759-1788
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The plaque reads:King Carlos III of Spain ordered the founding of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles in 1781. This statue was presented in 1976, in honor of the 200th anniversary of American independence. It was dedicated in the Plaza by the King and Queen of Spain, Don Juan Carlos I and Dona Sofia on September 30, 1987.

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Los Pobladores Plaque
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The plaque reads:

Los Pobladores
The Founders Of The City Of Los Angeles
El Pueblo De La Reina De Los Angeles Sobre El Rio De La Porciuncula was founded near this site on or about September 4, 1781 as the first Spanish civilian settlement in southern California. Eleven families, including twenty two adults and twenty two children, were recruited from the provinces of Sinaloa and Sonora in New Spain, now called Mexico by Captain Fernando De Rivera Y Moncada, Emissary of the Governor of California Felipe De Neve, their task was to provide food for the soldiers of the presidios and to help secure Spain’s hold on this region, they included farmers, artisans, and stock raisers necessary for the survival of the settlement, escorted by soldiers they departed Los Alamos, Sonora on February 2, 1781 and arrived in several groups during the summer of 1781, the following list of the forty four Pobladores was taken from the official Spanish census of 1781 which recorded their names, race, sex and age.

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Address: 845 N. Alameda Street Los Angeles, Ca 90012

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