Angelus Temple

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Angelus Temple is a Pentecostal megachurch of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California. The church was founded in 1923 by Aimee Semple McPherson.

Founded, 1923

Designations

National Historic Landmark in 1992

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McPherson hired Brook Hawkins from Winter Construction Company, the architect of the Culver Hotel, the Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse

The Angelus Temple building, seating 5,300 people, was opened in Echo Park in 1923

Angelus Temple was the largest construction of its time in North America, rising "125 feet from the main floor"

The dome's interior was painted azure blue

The structure's main architectural feature is its large, unsupported concrete dome coated with a mixture of ground abalone shells

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