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The 27th Street Historic District is a historic district in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 as part of the multiple property submission for African Americans in Los Angeles. The 27th Street Historic District is centered on the intersection of East 27th Street and Paloma Avenue, one block to the west of Central Avenue. The district contains 43 contributing buildings and 13 non-contributing buildings. It extends south along Paloma Avenue to East 29th Street. 901 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 909 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 912 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 913–915 E. 27th Street – Colonial Revival style duplex constructed in 1922 920 E. 27th Street – Transitional Craftsman style house constructed in 1905 921 E. 27th Street - Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 925 E. 27th Street – Colonial Revival style house constructed in 1895 1002 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 1008 E. 27th Street – One-story turn-of-the-century cottage built in 1901 1014 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1895 1017 E. 27th Street – Cottage with Victorian detailing constructed in 1895 1020 E. 27th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1915 1023 E. 27th Street – Cottage with Victorian detailing constructed in 1898 1013 E. 28th Street – Transitional Craftsman style house constructed in 1912 1014 E. 28th Street – Victorian Queen Anne style house constructed in 1893 1001 E. 29th Street – American Foursquare style home constructed in 1895 The district also includes two extant church buildings, now known as the Crouch Memorial Church of God and Christ and the Nueva Iglesia Bautista en Cristo, and a historically significant YMCA building. As noted in the registration form supporting the inclusion of the two church buildings as contributing structures in the historic district, the two extant church buildings "are typical of those along the Central Avenue corridor in that they have been occupied by several congregations, reflecting the changing demographics of the neighborhood." The 27th Street Historic District includes the Crouch Memorial Church of God and Christ, a Romanesque Revival style church located at the northeast corner of E. 27th Street and Paloma Avenue. It was built from 1895 to 1896 for the Haven Methodist Episcopal Church. In the early 1900s, the church was a center of the city's prohibition movement. In October 1902, the church hosted a speech by a member of the Anti-Saloon League. In July and November 1902, the church was the site of all-day meetings of the city's federation of Women's Christian Temperance Unions. One of the members gave a talk on the effect of the corset on the body, asserting that "good men will not select the girl with a wasp-like waist for a wife and as a mother to his children." The Haven Methodist congregation celebrated 20 years on the site in September 1915 with anniversary and homecoming services. In the early 1920s, as the demographics of the neighborhood changed, the Haven Methodist congregation moved to a new location on South Normandie, and the church building at 21st and Paloma was sold to the Beth Eden Baptist Temple, an African-American congregation. In August 1925, the 34th annual convention of the Western Baptist Association drew several hundred delegates from 48 "colored Baptist churches" in Southern California to Beth Eden. In July 1927, the relocated Haven Methodist congregation became the first church in Los Angeles to file a bankruptcy petition. The Los Angeles Times reported that the congregation had been divided by ultra-modernism and "circus ballyhoo" methods. The church has been affiliated with the Church of God in Christ as Crouch Memorial Church since about 1950.
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27th Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 2009.
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