Template:Street grid of landmarks in Los Angeles Plaza area

Below is a map of the Plaza area with streets and monuments marked as they appeared in the 1880s.

Abbreviations and notes

d = demolished
Italics indicate buildings or streets that no longer exist
"Female boarding" was a euphemism for small rooms, "cribs", used by prostitutes.^[1]

CALLE CORTA/^[2]SHORT/ BELLEVUE/ SUNSET
now CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AVE

616–620
pre-1890: #16–20 Sentous Block
1886⁠–⁠1950s/
now parking lot

600–8
Chester House
lodgings p1906
now parking lot

M
A
I
N

S
T
R
E
E
T

former MACY ST.

A
L
A
M
E
D
A

S
T
R
E
E
T

former MACY ST.

UPPER MAIN ST.⁠—⁠>
a.k.a.
SAN FERNANDO ST.
a.k.a.
NORTH SPRING ST.

17
Pelanconi House 1850s⁠–⁠pres

La Golondrina restaurant 1924⁠–⁠pres

V
I
N
E
or
W
I
N
E

since
1877
O
L
V
E
R
A

12
Sepúlveda House 1887⁠–⁠pres

10
ÁVILA ADOBE 1818⁠–⁠pres
oldest house in Los Angeles

Plaza Substation 1905⁠-⁠pres

Olvera House 19th c.⁠–⁠pres

115 E
pre-1890: #99–#115
Agustín Olvera adobe
"Chinese quarters" p1888
Methodist Church 1926

125 E
Eugene Biscailuz Bldg 1926⁠–⁠pres

L
O
S

A
N
G
E
L
E
S

S
T.

1888⁠–
1950s

Pironi & Slatri wine & brandy vaults & distillery p1888

813–23
"Female Boarding" p1906
now Placita Dolores park

L. A. City Water Co.
now Placita Dolores park

Orphan Asylum d

former APABLAZA ST.

OLD CHINATOWN
19th c.⁠–⁠1930s d/
UNION STATION
1939⁠–⁠pres

BREAD/CHURCH/^[2]MARCHESSAULT/SUNSET
now PASEO LUIS OLIVARES

former MARCHESSAULT ST.
now PASEO DE LA PLAZA (pedestrian)

former MARCHESSAULT
now LOS ANGELES ST.

former MARCHESSAULT
now station driveway

525⁠–⁠41
1814⁠/⁠1861⁠–⁠pres:
OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE ANGELS CHURCH

L. A. Gas Light Co.
gas plant 1867-?

507⁠–⁠11N
House of Pío Pico
1814⁠/⁠1861⁠–⁠pres GARNIER BLOCK
a.k.a. Plaza House
^[3]p1888 Plaza Hotel
p1955 County offices
2011–pres La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

501–⁠5
House of Jesús Domínguez
1888⁠–⁠pres Vickrey⁠-⁠Brunswig Bldg
p1955 County offices
2011–pres La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

LOS ANGELES PLAZA

This block: Chinese businesses p1888

510–526
LUGO ADOBE 1840s⁠-⁠1951d

now Yaanga Park

c.504⁠–⁠8
Del Valle adobe ?⁠-⁠1880s

"Chinese
theater"
p1888–1906

757–767
"Chinese
tenements"
p1888–1906

745–753
"Female
boarding"
p1888–1906

OLD CHINATOWN
19th c.⁠–⁠1930s d/
UNION STATION
1939⁠–⁠pres

former HAYES ALLEY/ SONORA ST./ REPUBLIC ST.

former REPUBLIC/PLAZA ST.
now PASEO DE LA PLAZA (pedestrian)

former FERGUSON ALLEY c.⁠1888⁠–⁠c.⁠1951

former SHAFER ST.

411⁠–⁠427
pre⁠-⁠1890 numbering 291⁠–⁠305
p1870s^[2] Felix Signoret Bldg
^[3]p1888 Hotel Oxford
hotel p1894, p1906^[4]^[5] Hoffman House
now parking lot

late 19th c.^[6] Russian Baths

369⁠–⁠75
pre-1890: #275–9
p1884–92:^[7]
California Stables

424–440
Carrillo House 1821⁠-⁠1869d/
PICO HOUSE 1869⁠/⁠70⁠–⁠pres
National Hotel p1894^[8]–1906^[9]

418–422
Merced Theater 1870⁠–⁠pres It
theater 1871–7
part of National Hotel p1894^[8]–1906^[9]

412
Firehouse p1894^[8]

Nick Covarrubias livery stable p1881^[10]

R. M. Baker Bldg p1881–d^[10]
now Hollywood Fwy

S
Á
N
C
H
E
Z

501
1884–pres:
Old Plaza Firehouse

425
^[9]p1906 d Opium joint
now part of Chinese American Museum

409⁠–⁠23
1890⁠–⁠pres Phillipe Garnier Bldg
p1894–1906 "Chinese stores, tenements"
now Chinese American Museum

401⁠–⁠7
1840⁠-⁠1888 Coronel Adobe/
p1894 Jeanette Block
p1894 Hotel Lion D'Or

L
O
S

A
N
G
E
L
E
S

S
T.

CALLE DE LOS NEGROS
site of Chinese Massacre 1871

"Chinese gaming" p1888

"Chinese quarters" p1894

400⁠–⁠6 201⁠–⁠9 E. Aliso Wilcox Block c.⁠1889⁠/⁠93⁠–⁠? Hotel de Grenoble p1906	211⁠–⁠9 E. Aliso Beaudry's Block, Au Gamin De Paris p1862^[11] Hotel De Gap p1906
now parking lot and freeway onramp

B
A
U
E
R

A
L.

711⁠–⁠31 rear
p1894:
"Female
boarding"

701⁠–⁠7
^[12]p1888:
Italian
Hotel
p1894:
Café des Alpes

ALISO ST. now Arcadia St & Hollywood Fwy

"Female Boarding"

Hotel de France

now UNION STATION

now Hollywood Freeway (US 101)

ARCADIA now Arcadia St & Hollywood Fwy

for the area to the south, see Victorian Downtown Los Angeles

^ Hadley Meares, "Hell’s Half Acre: In the old red light district of Los Angeles, women worked in squalor while pimps and landlords grew rich", Curbed L.A., November 17, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the old plaza church, public square, the first gas plant and adobe buildings, Los Angeles city, March 12th, 1873" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Digital Sanborn Maps, Los Angeles 1888 vol. 1, Sheet 11_b" (Map). Los Angeles Public Library. 1888.
^ "Hoffman House Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". PCAD. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "Plate 11b, Image 25 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1894". Library of Congress. 1894. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "Signoret House and Russian Baths, southwest corner of Main and Republic Streets". El Pueblo Monument Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "Results for search "279 N. Main" "California Stables"". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Plate 14b, Image 31 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles (1894)" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 1894.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Plate 274, Image 29 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1906" (Map). Library of Congress. 1906. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Los Angeles in 1881". oac.cdlib.org. Los Angeles Times. 29 November 1931. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "Au Gamin De Paris - advertisement". Los Angeles Star. 27 December 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2024. Au Gamin De Paris, kept by LOUIS GRUILLOT and Miss J. FILLEAN ––––– Coffee Saloon and Private Boarding. Dinners, Suppers, or Lunches, served to private parties, and Refreshments furnished for Assemblies. Bar furnished with the choicest Liquors and Cigars. Lunch served every night. Aliso street No. 9 — Beaudry's Block, Los Angeles.
^ Insurance Maps of Los Angeles, California (Map) (1888 ed.). New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd. 1888. Plate 12.

[1] Hadley Meares, "Hell’s Half Acre: In the old red light district of Los Angeles, women worked in squalor while pimps and landlords grew rich", Curbed L.A., November 17, 2017

[ruxton-1873-2] "Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the old plaza church, public square, the first gas plant and adobe buildings, Los Angeles city, March 12th, 1873" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[s1888-11b-3] "Digital Sanborn Maps, Los Angeles 1888 vol. 1, Sheet 11_b" (Map). Los Angeles Public Library. 1888.

[4] "Hoffman House Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". PCAD. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[s1894-11b-5] "Plate 11b, Image 25 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1894". Library of Congress. 1894. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[6] "Signoret House and Russian Baths, southwest corner of Main and Republic Streets". El Pueblo Monument Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[7] "Results for search "279 N. Main" "California Stables"". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[s1894-14b-8] "Plate 14b, Image 31 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles (1894)" (Map). Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 1894.

[s1906-274-9] "Plate 274, Image 29 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Los Angeles 1906" (Map). Library of Congress. 1906. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[lat-1881-10] "Los Angeles in 1881". oac.cdlib.org. Los Angeles Times. 29 November 1931. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[11] "Au Gamin De Paris - advertisement". Los Angeles Star. 27 December 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2024. Au Gamin De Paris, kept by LOUIS GRUILLOT and Miss J. FILLEAN ––––– Coffee Saloon and Private Boarding. Dinners, Suppers, or Lunches, served to private parties, and Refreshments furnished for Assemblies. Bar furnished with the choicest Liquors and Cigars. Lunch served every night. Aliso street No. 9 — Beaudry's Block, Los Angeles.

[12] Insurance Maps of Los Angeles, California (Map) (1888 ed.). New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd. 1888. Plate 12.

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