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The Plaza House
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Volunteer 38's Engine
Company No. 1 Engine Company No. 1 Walter S. Moore Engine Company No. 4 vacant Chemical Company No. 1 unknown building use Purchased by State of California Designated as California Historical Landmark No. 730 |
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Looking toward Plaza along "Nigger Alley" Looking north toward the Plaza along "Nigger Alley," originally called "Calle de los Negros," which became part of Los Angeles Street, ca. 1882. The Lugo House is seen with hipped roof and dormer windows, and, on left, is the cupola and flag pole of the Plaza Station. |
1868 A row of adobes on Los Angeles Street south of Commercial Street belonging to Don Manuel Pequena, in the Nigger Alley area east of the plaza. |
China Town adobes Adobes on Los Angeles Street in Nigger Alley (Calle de los Negroes), formerly owned and occupied by the Mexican owners of the various Los Angeles area ranchos and later occupied by Chinese people. |
Nigger Alley adobes Adobes in Calle de los Negroes (mistakenly called Nigger Alley) in 1886, at the corner of Los Angeles and Aliso Streets, formerly the city homes of Mexican rancheros |
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