Angelus Funeral Home was a funeral home at 1010 E Jefferson Blvd in

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that has been repurposed as an affordable housing complex. The building was listed as a

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in 2006 and on the

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in 2009. In 1925, Angelus Funeral Home was the first Black-owned business to be incorporated in California. The building was designed by noted African-American architect

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in the

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and

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styles and also includes Art Deco elements. The building was deemed to satisfy the registration requirements set forth in a multiple property submission study, the ''African Americans in Los Angeles MPS.'' Other sites listed pursuant to the same MPS study include the Second Baptist Church, Lincoln Theater, 28th Street YMCA, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 52nd Place Historic District, 27th Street Historic District, and two historic all-Black segregated fire stations ( Fire Station No. 14 and Fire Station No. 30).

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{{LAHMC 1925 establishments in California Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Death care companies of the United States South Los Angeles Paul Williams (architect) buildings Death in Los Angeles

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