Angelus Funeral Home is a funeral home in South Los Angeles, California. It was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument

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

 in 2006 and on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 2009. In 1925, Angelus Funeral Home was the first black-owned business to be incorporated in California. The current building was designed by noted African-American architect Paul R. Williams in the Spanish Colonial and Georgian Revival 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 African Americans in Los Angeles MPS include the Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles, California)

Second Baptist Church is a historically African-American Baptist church located in South Los Angeles, California. The current Lombardy Romanesque Revival building was built in 1926 and has been listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the National Register of Historic Places...

, Lincoln Theater

Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California)

The Lincoln Theater is a historic theater in South Los Angeles, California. The Moorish Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009...

, 28th Street YMCA

28th Street YMCA

The 28th Street YMCA is a historic YMCA building in South Los Angeles, California. It was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The four-story structure was built in 1926 at a cost of $200,000. The building was...

, Prince Hall Masonic Temple

Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Los Angeles, California)

The Prince Hall Masonic Temple in South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California is a historic club building associated with Prince Hall Freemasonry. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009...

, 52nd Place Historic District

52nd Place Historic District

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, 27th Street Historic District

27th Street Historic District

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, and two historic all-black segregated fire stations (Fire Station No. 14

Fire Station No. 14 (Los Angeles, California)

Fire Station No. 14 is a historic fire station in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. The three-story structure was designed by Earl T...

 and Fire Station No. 30

Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30

Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 is a historic fire station and engine company in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California...

).

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
• Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery