2432 Hyperion Avenue 90027 - Haven of Rest
2432 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Los Angeles
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Historic-Cultural Monument, Streamline Moderne
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About
“Haven of Rest”
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #897 (12/5/2007)
Built in 1941 and located in the Silver Lake area, this two-story commercial building exhibits character-defining features of Streamline Moderne architecture. The U-shape plan building has an off-center entrance with a four paneled door with louvers in each panel as found on ships. A concrete walkway resembling a ship gangway leads to the entrance. The flat roof is covered in composition shingles and is characterized by rounded corners, long rounded eaves, and horizontal banding. The exterior is clad in stucco with metal trim. Windows consist of port hole windows arranged symmetrically with nautical lights placed between doors and windows. A porch space and a second story balcony run the length of the facade with an exterior stairway connecting them. A simple steel railing of heavy wire mesh covers the porch space, balcony, as well as the gangway-style entrance. Rounded steel poles rise from the flooring to the roof overhang. Interior spaces include a recording studio. Landscape consists of a grassy lawn surrounding the subject building.
The proposed Haven of Rest historic monument was designed by an unknown architect or builder. The subject building uses a nautical theme in its architectural style and layout. The subject building was built in 1941 by a Christian singing quartet known as “The Crew of the Good Ship Grace” (founded in 1934) and served as a recording studio and a base for their ministry. The group used a nautical theme in their presentations and the subject building was designed to emulate that theme. The Haven of Rest Ministry used the studio until 1998 and the ministry continues to produce Christian music and radio broadcasts.
Alterations to the subject building include the addition of a rear control room in 1983. The subject building may possibly still be in use as a recording studio and/or as a private residence. (Source: Los Angeles Department of City Planning Recommendation Report, 10/07).
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Type: Historic-Cultural Monument For Rent