African American Firefighter Museum

African American Firefighter Museum is a museum in Los Angeles, Southern California, California, which is located on South Central Avenue. African American Firefighter Museum is situated near the historic site Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30, as well as near Saint Turibius Roman Catholic Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 and San Pedro Street station.

Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30

Historic site

Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Built in 1913, its white firemen served a predominantly white neighborhood.

San Pedro Street station

Railway station

Photo: HanSangYoon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

San Pedro Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Washington Boulevard near its intersection with San Pedro Street, after which the station is named, in Los Angeles, California. San Pedro Street station is situated 2,700 feet west of African American Firefighter Museum.

Washington station

Railway station

Photo: Slambo, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Washington station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue at its intersection with Washington Boulevard, in South Los Angeles. Washington station is situated 3,300 feet south of African American Firefighter Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Angeles Fashion District and Nevin.

Los Angeles Fashion District

Quarter

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The Los Angeles Fashion District, previously known as the Garment District, is a business improvement district in, and often cited as a sub-neighborhood of, downtown Los Angeles.

Nevin

Neighborhood

Nevin is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.

Skid Row

Quarter

Photo: Jorobeq, CC BY 2.5.

Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s.

African American Firefighter Museum

Type: Museum
Address: 1401 South Central Avenue, 90021
Categories: building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.02847° or 34° 1′ 43″ north

Longitude

-118.24726° or 118° 14′ 50″ west

Elevation

276 feet (84 metres)

Height

40 feet (12 metres)

Operator

African American Firefighter Museum

Open location code

85632QH3+93

OpenStreetMap ID

way 428152638

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Saint Turibius Roman Catholic Church and The Peoples Independent Church of Christ.

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