Wilshire United Methodist Church (Allison & Allison and Whittlesey, Architects) – 1924
Address: 4350 Wilshire Blvd. in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
(Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 114).
The architects were among the most important architects in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th Century. The church combines Romanesque and Gothic elements in the design. The tower and facade were inspired by La Giralda in Sevilla, Spain as well as the facade and 140-foot tower, inspired by Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Brescia, Italy.
Singer Jeanette MacDonald married Gene Raymond at the church in 1937. At the wedding, Nelson Eddy sang, Basil Rathbone and Harold Lloyd were ushers, and Fay Wray and Ginger Rogers were maids of honor. In September 1945, John Agar married Shirley Temple at the church. She was seventeen.
