Fort Moore
Fort Moore was the second of two historic U.S. Military Forts in Los Angeles, California, during the Mexican–American War. It lay straight above the junction of the Hollywood Freeway and Broadway, on a historic hill that once sheltered the old Plaza.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Monument
- Description: former Mexican-American War era fort in Los Angeles, California, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles City Hall and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Los Angeles City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. Los Angeles City Hall is situated 1,600 feet south of Fort Moore.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Church
Photo: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, informally known as the COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral, is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California in the United States. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is situated 1,000 feet west of Fort Moore.
Chinatown Branch
Library
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown Branch is a library, which is situated 930 feet north of Fort Moore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic Center and Naud Junction.
Civic Center
Quarter
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and a complex of city, county, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.
Naud Junction
Locality
Naud Junction was an area in northern Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was located at the junction of Main Street and Alameda Street, where Southern Pacific Railroad trains veered off Alameda to tracks along Alhambra Avenue and the Los Angeles River.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: J3ff, Public domain.
Chinatown is a neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938.
Fort Moore
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.05824° or 34° 3′ 30″ northLongitude
-118.24212° or 118° 14′ 32″ westElevation
364 feet (111 metres)Open location code
85633Q55+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 906263932OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5471706
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