Belfry of La Plaza Church

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View from the belfry of La Plaza Church, overlooking Los Angeles Plaza. La Plaza Church is located at 535 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Photograph circa 1900.La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles (Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels), was founded on September 4, 1781 by a group of Spanish settlers. The church was considered an asistencia ('sub-mission') of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Priests from Mission San Gabriel divided their time between the Mission and the Asistencia site, but ultimately the installation was never granted mission status and the missionaries eventually abandoned the site. The surrounding area was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula ('The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciuncula,' which is the present-day City of Los Angeles).