Faith Bible Church, Northridge, California

Faith Bible Church, built in 1917, was the first church built in Northridge, located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.[2] The church building was declared a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1975 by the Los Angeles Cultural Historical Board.[1]

Faith Bible Church
Faith Bible Church, March 2008
Location18531 Gresham St., Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°6′6″N 118°20′27″W
Built1917
Architectural style(s)Carpenter Gothic
Governing bodyPrivate
DesignatedApril 17, 1976 [1]
Reference no.152
Location of Faith Bible Church in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

History

The church is in the Carpenter Gothic Victorian style. It was built nine years after the Southern Pacific Railroad first laid tracks through Northridge, which was then known as Zelzah station, in 1908. When it was built, the church was originally known as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, as the six families that formed the congregation were of Norwegian descent.[2]

Built of wood in the basilican style, with the steeple at the entrance, the church's early Gothic style is differentiated from the High Victorian Gothic by the thinness of moldings and its generally monochromatic appearance.[3] One writer observed that, "with its steep stairs and narrow girth, it looks like a church you'd find sitting all alone on the Kansas plains."[4]

Present

The original church building still stands at 18531 Gresham Street in Northridge. For many years, it was known as the Faith Bible Church.

More recently, the church has been acquired and operated as a Korean congregation known as either the Northridge Free Methodist Church,[5] or the Los Angeles Antioch Church.[6] The sign on the church in March 2008 (in photograph to the right) identified it as the Los Angeles Antioch Church.

See also

References
  1. Los Angeles Department of City Planning (September 7, 2007). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2008-05-29. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Northridge traces its origins to founding of a watering hole". Los Angeles Times. 1985-06-27.
  3. Marcus Whiffer (1969). American Architecture Since 1780. MIT Press.
  4. Kevin Roderick. "Hometown Memories". Kevin Roderick: Author Journalist Editor.
  5. "Northridge, California". churchangel.com.
  6. "Korean Churches in Los Angeles". laokay.com.
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