Faith Bible Church, Northridge, California

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Faith Bible Church
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Faith Bible Church, March 2008
Location18531 Gresham St., Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°6′6″N118°20′27″W / 34.10167°N 118.34083°W / 34.10167; -118.34083 Coordinates: 34°6′6″N118°20′27″W / 34.10167°N 118.34083°W / 34.10167; -118.34083
Built1917
Architectural style(s) Carpenter Gothic
Governing bodyPrivate
DesignatedApril 17, 1976 [1]
Reference no.152
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Location of Faith Bible Church in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Faith Bible Church, built in 1917, was the first church built in Northridge, located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. [2] The church building was declared a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1975 by the Los Angeles Cultural Historical Board. [1]

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History

The church is in the Carpenter Gothic Victorian style. It was built nine years after the Southern Pacific Railroad first laid tracks through Northridge, which was then known as Zelzah station, in 1908. When it was built, the church was originally known as the Norwegian Lutheran Church, as the six families that formed the congregation were of Norwegian descent. [2]

Built of wood in the basilican style, with the steeple at the entrance, the church's early Gothic style is differentiated from the High Victorian Gothic by the thinness of moldings and its generally monochromatic appearance. [3] One writer observed that, "with its steep stairs and narrow girth, it looks like a church you'd find sitting all alone on the Kansas plains." [4]

Present

The original church building still stands at 18531 Gresham Street in Northridge. For many years, it was known as the Faith Bible Church.

More recently, the church has been acquired and operated as a Korean congregation known as either the Northridge Free Methodist Church, [5] or the Los Angeles Antioch Church. [6] The sign on the church in March 2008 (in photograph to the right) identified it as the Los Angeles Antioch Church.

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