Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy: 283 Southwest Museum
234 Museum Drive, Mt. Washington.
Constructed between 1912 – 1914, the building was designed by the firm of Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns. It is one of the first major examples of the transition from Mission Revival to Spanish Colonial Revival in Los Angeles. The 1920 Lower entrance on Museum Drive is Pre-Columbian Revival and was designed by the firm of Allison & Allison. Founded in 1903 by Charles F. Lummis to preserve the knowledge and artifacts of the native peoples of the American Southwest, it is the first museum established in Los Angeles and the oldest privately endowed museum in California devoted to Native American culture.
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