Lincoln Theatre
2300 South Central Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90011
2300 South Central Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90011
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Additional Info
Architects: John Paxton Perrine
Functions: Church
Styles: Moorish
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News About This Theater
- Jun 17, 2009 — Lincoln Theatre added to National Register
The Lincoln Theatre opened October 7, 1927 with Mary Astor and Gilbert Roland in “Rose of the Golden West” and on stage Curtis Mosby’s Dixieland Blue Blowers. This South Central theatre was sold to a church in 1962.
The Lincoln Theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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William Gabel
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Here is a 2004 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/287myz
Looks like they got rid of the vertical sign from the facade of the theatre now.
I think the current church took it off. It was there a few years ago.
Thank you so much for posting those recent pictures! I haven’t seen the inside of this place since I was a small child growing up in Southern California in the 1980s. My parents used to take us there for worship services held there by the area’s diocese of our denomination (Church of God In Christ). They purchased it in 1962(?) and held services there through the late 80s/early 90s(?). I’m unsure if they moved because they outgrew the building or because of the dramatic increase in crime in the area. Anyway, during their occupancy the building was renamed “Crouch Temple Church of God In Christ” after the Bishop (Samuel Crouch) who presided over the diocese when it was purchased. This is what the vertical marquee read. Here’s a link to a story from Time Magazine in March 1969 about a revival held there: View link
Please post or email if you ever get a chance to take any more pictures. I’d love to see some of the lower levels. Thanks again.
They were not very receptive when I was walking around with my camera. I think an arrangement would have to be made before I go back there again.
Here is a December 1928 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2r3mwj
Scroll down to the Lincoln Theater section on this site. They posted my CT photos from 2007, also linked to my photobucket account. I’m famous.
http://tinyurl.com/cvfgob
Here are 1983 and 1984 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/oulyyj
http://tinyurl.com/q7xp33
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Why is it that some people don’t want pictures taking? Don’t they realize it’s important to preserve the history