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The Wilshire Ward Chapel, formerly known as the Hollywood Stake Tabernacle, is a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, California. The building is listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation registry.
Wilshire Ward Chapel, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Branch was created on March 21, 1895. [9] In 1896, the Northern California and Southern California conferences were organized. The Sacramento Conference was added in 1898. [10] Most missionary work around the turn of the century took place in larger population centers.
In addition, independent historic registries have recognized a number of current or formerly church-associated properties, such as the L.D.S. Ward Building in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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A meetinghouse is a place of worship for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Latter-day Saints use meetinghouses for most of their worship and Sunday school instruction. They differ from temples, which are used for specific rites by faithful members. Unlike temples, meetinghouses are open to the public and ...
Meetinghouses of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are used for weekly worship services as well as various social and community activities and events. Meetinghouses serve anywhere from 1 to a few wards or branches (congregations) and a larger meetinghouse, known as a stake center (or stakehouse), also houses offices for local ...
1848 October – The Nauvoo Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois was destroyed in an act of arson. [1]1850 September 15 – In Spalding, England, a mob assaulted and overpowered a Church member who was guarding entry to a meetinghouse in use by fellow Latter-day Saints, compelling him inside; the mob then attacked the building and forced entry thereinto.
Mid-Wilshire: 531 Wilshire Ward Chapel: May 10, 1991: 1209 S. Manhattan Pl. Angelus Vista: Built in Art Deco – Modern style in 1929, serves as a meetinghouse for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Open Admission.