This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area of the city of

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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria. History The Historic-Cult ...

s (LAHCM) in this area, and several additional sites have been designated as

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s (CHL) or listed on the

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(NRHP). They are designated by the City's Cultural Heritage Commission.

Overview of the Harbor Area's Historic-Cultural Monuments

The Harbor Area includes some of the city's most historic sites, several of which are also listed on the

. Two ships located in San Pedro have also received higher distinction as

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s. They are the ''Ralph Scott'', a fireboat used for several decades by the

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, and the '' Lane Victory'', a

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. The first sites in the Harbor area to be designated as HCM monuments were both built during the Civil War on land owned by Phinneas Banning. They are HCM #21 (the Civil War era

Drum Barracks The Drum Barracks, also known as Camp Drum and the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, is the last remaining original American Civil War era military facility in the Los Angeles area. Located in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, near the Port ...

) and HCM #25 (

Banning House Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival- Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it r ...

where Phinneas Banning lived until his death). The harbor has played an important role in the area's military history. San Pedro is the site of

Fort MacArthur Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex ...

, which was established as a military reservation in 1888, and the harbor's historic sites include a Civil War-era barracks (

) and powder magazine ( Powder Magazine (Camp Drum)), coastal artillery batteries built during World War I ( Battery Osgood-Farley and Battery John Barlow and Saxton), and the

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of a World War II heavy cruiser (the USS ''Los Angeles''). Many of the Harbor area's historical sites have been converted to museums that are open to the public, including Banning House, Drum Barracks, the

Point Fermin Light Point Fermin Light is a lighthouse on Point Fermin in San Pedro, California. History The lighthouse was built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods. It was designed by Paul J. Pelz who also designed Point Fermin's sister stations, East ...

house, and the old

San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building is a former Los Angeles Harbor Department ferry terminal building located at Sixth Street at Harbor Boulevard in the community of San Pedro in Los Angeles, California. The historic landmark building now houses t ...

which now operates as the city-owned

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. The hillside overlooking the Point Fermin Lighthouse also include impressive artillery bunkers used between World War I and World War II, and the

Korean Bell of Friendship The Korean Bell of Friendship (more commonly called Korean Friendship Bell) is a massive bronze bell housed in a stone pavilion in Angel's Gate Park, in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Located at the corner of Gaffey and ...

, donated by the Republic of Korea for U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. Though located a short distance outside the city limits,

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is located a short distance north of Point Fermin. The

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offers bimonthly walking tours of the historic sites in downtown San Pedro, which includes access to the interiors of the area's historic structures.

Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area

Non-HCM sites also recognized

The LAHCM sites listed above include many of the most important historic sites in the City of Los Angeles' port area. Some others within L.A. in the area have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the SS ''Lane Victory'', a U.S.

. These are: There are at least 15 other historic sites in the port area of

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, including the RMS ''Queen Mary''. For these, see

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References

External links

official Designated L.A. Historic-Cultural Monuments (LAHCM) website
— ''with 'ever-updated' LAHCM list via PDF link''.
Los Angeles HCM Report for the Harbor area
— ''L.A. Planning Department.''

— ''via Given Place Media.''
Big Orange Landmarks: "Exploring the Landmarks of Los Angeles, One Monument at a Time"
— ''online photos and in-depth history of L.A.H.C. Monuments homepage, see "Landmarks by Community Planning Area" Harbor area links. — website curator: Floyd B. Bariscale.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area *Harbor

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Los Angeles-related lists

Overview of the Harbor Area's Historic-Cultural Monuments

Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area

Non-HCM sites also recognized

See also

Lists of L.A. Historic-Cultural Monuments

Other

References

Further reading

External links