{"nrhp_refnum":"09000399","name":"27th Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along 27th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.01588808400004,"lon":-118.47378553899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential and institutional district centered on East 27th Street and Paloma Avenue, south of downtown Los Angeles, California. It contains 43 contributing and 13 noncontributing buildings, mostly wood-framed houses built from the 1890s into the 1920s, plus a YMCA and three churches.","why_significant":"The district is part of a multiple property listing on historic resources associated with African Americans in Los Angeles. The form describes strong consistency in character and a high level of physical integrity, with almost all buildings built during the period of significance. The YMCA building from 1926 has bas-relief panels with busts of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. The excerpt does not include the full Section 8 statement of significance.","narrative":"Several blocks south of downtown Los Angeles, around East 27th Street and Paloma Avenue, form a neighborhood first developed with single-family homes at the turn of the 20th century. Most buildings are one- or two-story wood-framed houses in Victorian styles, with gabled or hipped roofs, clapboard siding, porches and gingerbread ornament. Later additions include Colonial Revival duplexes and Spanish Colonial Revival cottages from the 1920s. Some houses have been divided into multiple units, and small dwellings sit behind many main residences, reached by rear alleys. Institutional buildings include three churches, among them a 1905 Romanesque Revival church, and a four-story YMCA built in 1926 with a gymnasium, swimming pool and dormitory rooms. The YMCA facade carries medallions of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. The district contains 43 contributing and 13 noncontributing buildings. It was listed as part of a group of properties associated with African Americans in Los Angeles, and the form notes its consistent character and high level of physical integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival); Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions listed include single and multiple dwellings, religious facilities and a meeting hall. Common alterations are security doors and window bars, and some houses have been converted to multi-family use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.694945-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000399/65fe276649-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000399/65fe276649-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cbl62","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crouch_Memorial_Church_in_27th_Street_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cbl62</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crouch_Memorial_Church_in_27th_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857390","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4632654"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/27th-street-historic-district-09000399/"}