The Hollywood Pilgrimage Memorial Monument, more commonly referred to as the Hollywood Cross is a 32-foot tall steel Christian cross located just above the Ford Amphitheatre and overlooking Cahuenga Pass, the Hollywood Freeway and the Hollywood Bowl in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. It was originally erected as a memorial for Christine Wetherill Stevenson and is now owned and maintained by The Church on the Way in Van Nuys.[1]
Hollywood Cross | |
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Location | 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°06′48″N 118°20′02″W / 34.11338°N 118.33399°W |
Built | 1923 |
Governing body | Private |
Designated | 1995 |
Reference no. | 617 |
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edit- ^ "History and Reverence Illuminate a Hilltop Icon". LA Times. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.