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Wadsworth Chapel

Catholic-Protestant Chapels, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Center
Catholic-Protestant Chapels, Veterans Administration Center.JPG
Wadsworth Chapel, May 2008
Wadsworth Chapel is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Wadsworth Chapel
Wadsworth Chapel is located in California
Wadsworth Chapel
Wadsworth Chapel is located in the US
Wadsworth Chapel
Location Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°3′18″N 118°27′19″W / 34.05500°N 118.45528°W / 34.05500; -118.45528Coordinates: 34°3′18″N 118°27′19″W / 34.05500°N 118.45528°W / 34.05500; -118.45528
Built 1900
Architect Burton, J. Lee
Architectural style Carpenter Gothic, Romanesque Revival, Shingle-style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #

72000229

Added to NRHP February 11, 1972

72000229

Wadsworth Chapel, also known as the Catholic-Protestant Chapels, is actually two separate chapels under one roof on the campus of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles, California. The structure was built in 1900 and was closed in 1971 after being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. It is the oldest building on Wilshire Boulevard and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The structure has fallen into a state of disrepair due to the lack of funds within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to pay for the required repairs and renovation.

The 388-acre (1.57 km2) Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles was deeded to the federal government in 1888 to build the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. A series of Victorian dormitories were built in the 1890s, and Wadsworth Chapel was built in 1900 to provide a place of worship for the residents of the old soldiers’ home.

The building actually contains two separate chapels separated by a double brick wall, with a Catholic chapel at the north end and a Protestant chapel at the south end. Each chapel has a separate entrance, with a tower and belfry. Designed by J. Lee Burton, Wadsworth Chapel had been called an "intricate little jewel box" by Christopher Alexander, the associate curator of architecture for the Getty Research Institute.

The building is noted for its eclectic exterior ornamentation and its combination of Colonial Revival (sometimes classified as Romanesque Revival) and Carpenter Gothic Victorian architecture. The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board has described the Wadsworth Chapel and other original buildings on the Veterans campus as "the most monumental complex of Shingle-style Queen Anne structures ever constructed in the Los Angeles area." The 7,500-square-foot (700 m2) building was built at a cost of $12,400 in 1900 with redwood siding and 21 different types of windows.


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