EL PUEBLO DE LOS ANGELES HISTORICAL MONUMENT

General Information
what you need
to know

Sights & Sounds
celebrate
cultural diversity

Tourism
enjoy museums
& colorful Olvera Street

History & Education
discover living history
at L.A.’s birthplace

Site Usage
filming opportunities

Olvera Street, 1930

Open Daily 10:00am-8:00pm
(later hours in summer)
Named in 1877 after Judge Agustín Olvera—the first judge of the city and county of Los Angeles—this world-famous street was closed to vehicular traffic and made into a Mexican marketplace through the efforts of Christine Sterling and others in 1930.

Tour Information: Free docent-guided tours of El Pueblo are conducted Tuesday through Saturday by El Pueblo’s volunteer docents, Las Angelitas del Pueblo at 10:00am, 11:00am and 12 Noon.

Celebration in front of the Avila Adobe

These tours start at the Las Angelitas del Pueblo office, located next to the Old Plaza Firehouse on the southeast end of the Plaza. For tour reservations and information, call (213) 628-1274. For more information on Las Angelitas del Pueblo, visit their website at http://www.lasangelitas.org/

To Join:
Las Angelitas del Pueblo (docents): (310) 398-0269
Friends of the Chinese American Museum (213) 485-8484
Historic Italian Hall Foundation: (213) 485-8432
(323) 257-9400
El Pueblo Park Association: (213) 485-6855

Main Numbers:
The Visitors’ Center (tour reservations) (213) 628-1274
Las Angelitas del Pueblo (docents) (213) 473-5206(7)
Chinese American Museum (213) 626-5240
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical (213)485-6855
Monument Administration

Agustin Olvera, early mayor and judge	Christine Sterling, the mother of Olvera Street
Condemnation notice for the Avila Adobe, 1928	Olvera Street before renovation when it was an unpaved alley
Olvera Street postcard with City Hall in the background	Olvera St 1940s
Olvera Street Fountain	Olvera Street Scene
Olvera Street shops	Olvera Street shops