Sawtelle Veterans Home opened on Wilshire Blvd in 1887 on300 acres donated by a couple of senators. A year later, another 200 acres were added. As we can see, it was a lovely campus with lots of space and greenery to assist soldiers in their recovery from war. The place has morphed into different things over the years and is now known as the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. All these buildings are gone now, except for one: the chapel, which is the building with the two towers near the upper left of this photo. It’s still there and still visible from Wilshire Blvd.
A close up of the chapel:
The chapel in February 2018:
Nice photo, but too bad not much is left! The chapel now looks fenced in, is it closed?
I’ve never been close enough to see if it’s open to the public or not – I’m always just driving by!