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I was curious about the little Islamic dome in a shot used in my post about Roosevelt High School (fragment above).... It's still there, and the building has an interesting history. Sources vary as to its original use; some mention a plaque indicating that it was built in 1904 as the Euclid Heights Methodist Church. But a church by that exact name was listed just two blocks north in the 1909 CD (the building is still there)... by 1923--and thru at least 1942-- the church's address was 539 Euclid Ave...the later Casa del Mexicano. So my guess would be that it was actually built as a synagogue and
then became Methodist. (I've seen no pictures of it in either Methodist or Jewish "vestments." Anyway, the Mexicans began to move into the area and in 1950, the building became the Casa del Mexicano, a cultural and performing arts center.
As it appears today from heaven:
Google
The interior is worth a look too:
More pics and info where this shot came from:
http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels...sdowntown2010/
More reading:
Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2008
Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2011
It's even haunted:
http://www.scspr.org/investigations/mexicanofb.htm