Los Angeles Nurses' Club
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Los Angeles Nurses' Club
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Los Angeles Nurses' Club, 2008
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| Location: | 245 S. Lucas Ave., Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates: | 34.059659°N 118.260757°W / 34.05966°N 118.26076°WCoordinates: 34.059659°N 118.260757°W / 34.05966°N 118.26076°W |
| Built: | 1924 |
| Architect: | Frauenfelder, John J. |
| Architectural style: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 95000581[1] |
| LAHCM #: | 352 |
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| Added to NRHP: | May 11, 1995 |
| Designated LAHCM: | 1988-04-08[2] |
Los Angeles Nurses' Club is a clubhouse and apartment building constructed in 1924 by the Los Angeles Nurses' Club. The club was organized and incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1921.[3]
The club's members conducted several bazaars, some theatre parties, and a dance, raising funds to buy a lot, which they then sold for a profit.[3] By 1923, the club had raised sufficient funds to purchase a hilltop lot at the corner of Third and Lucas Streets.[3][4] The clubhouse was intended to provide a place "where registered nurses may live and enjoy the few quiet hours spared from their arduous duties."[4]
Architect John J. Frauenfelder was hired to design the building.[4] Frauenfelder designed a structure consisting of four stories and a basement. The ground floor had a large living room with a library and fireplace, which was intended to lend a "home-like atmosphere to the clubhouse."[4] Frauenfelder's plans also included an auditorium for lectures and motion pictures. A garden was built at the rear of the building with views of the mountains.[4] The structure included housing for 100 nurses and was also the headquarters of the group's professional activities, including the city's Central Registry for nurses.[5][6] When completed in 1924, the building was the first clubhouse in the United States to be entirely financed and built by and for nurses.[6] The cost of building the structure was $160,000.[6] The "Angelus Sextette", composed of nurses from the Angelus Hospital, sang at the dedication ceremony in 1924.[6]
The building was designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board in April 1988 (HCM #352),[7] and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
[edit] See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles
- List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ http://preservation.lacity.org/monuments
- ^ a b c Ella G. Dietrich, R.N. (April 1924). "How Los Angeles Nurses Financed Their Club House". The American Journal of Nursing.
- ^ a b c d e "Nurses to Build Home: Clubhouse Financed by Members Planned by Attendants' Organizationn of City". Los Angeles Times. 1923-05-20.
- ^ "Clubhouse for Nurses to Appear: Corner-stone of Building Will be Laid Tuesday With Appropriate Services". Los Angeles Times. 1923-12-09.
- ^ a b c d "Nurses To Open Own Home: Clubhouse Unique in Country Will be Formally Occupied Thursday With Entertainment". Los Angeles Times. 1924-07-27.
- ^ "Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing". City of Los Angeles. http://zimas.lacity.org/HistoricPreservation/HCMDatabase.pdf.
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- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California
- Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California
- Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
- Buildings and structures completed in 1924
- Nursing in the United States
- Apartment buildings in Los Angeles, California
- Clubhouses in California
