First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Country	United States
Denomination	National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
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Architecture
Architect(s)	Allison & Allison
Style	English Gothic Revival
Clergy
Pastor(s)	R. Scott Colglazier

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is a historic church at 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, California. It is a member of National Association of Congregational Christian Churches since 1962.^[1] Founded in 1867,it's the city’s oldest continuous Protestant congregation, it moved to its current location in 1932. The current building is an impressive English Gothic Revival-style designed by Los Angeles' architects James Edward Allison & David Clark Allison, the massive concrete structure was reinforced with more than 500 tons of steel. Its dominant feature is a tower soaring 157 feet and weighing 30,000 tons.There are four three-ton pinnacles at the corners of the tower rise another nineteen feet. Supported by more than 150 caissons extending up to forty-five feet into the bedrock.^[2]

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