6/26/2015
2/7/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, 500 block of N Main St (125 Paseo de La Plaza), Los Angeles - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
10/7/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/1/2023 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 3.400, W 118 14.321 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Los Angeles Plaza
This site was part of the lands originally granted to El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles in 1781 by the king of Spain, Carlos III, under the Spanish law of the Indies. The first plaza of the pueblo had been located to the southeast, close to the Rio Porciuncula (Los Angeles River). When the river flooded, the pueblo was moved to higher ground. Shortly after the dedication of the plaza church in December 1822, the plaza's location was changed again to the present site.