The second contributing church building in the district is now known as the Nueva Iglesia Bautista en Cristo, a Gothic Revival structure located at the northeast corner of East 28th Street and Paloma Avenue.
 The structure was built in 1906 for the Salem Congregational Church, a congregation serving the white population that initially settled in the neighborhood.
 The church as dedicated in May 1906 with seating for 1,000 persons and, according to the Los Angeles Times, "everything being modern and up-to-date."
 In 1911, the Salem Congregational Church successfully lobbied for an ordinance permitting the display of "moving pictures" in churches after the pastor, Rev. B. H. Reutepohler, hit upon a play to illustrate his Sunday evening sermons with motion pictures.
 After the ordinance passed, Salem Congregational became the first church in Los Angeles to take advantage of the new law.
 The church building was purchased in January 1917 by a group of Armenian Congregationalists and was renamed the Armenian Gethsemane Congregational Church.
 From 1917 to 1944, the church served the influx of Armenian immigrants in the area.
 In October 1942, the church hosted the 56th Annual Convention of the Los Angeles Association of Congregational Churches.
 In 1944, the church building was sold to an African-American congregation and was renamed the E. 28th Street Christian Church.
 Since 2003, the church building is operated as a Spanish-language church, the Nueva Iglesia Bautista en Cristo, serving the neighborhood's Hispanic population.
The second contributing church building in the district is now known as the Nueva Iglesia Bautista en Cristo, a Gothic Revival structure located at the northeast corner of East 28th Street and Paloma Avenue.  The structure was built in 1906 for the Salem Congregational Church, a congregation serving the white population that initially settled in the neighborhood.  The church as dedicated in May 1906 with seating for 1,000 persons and, according to the Los Angeles Times, "everything being modern and up-to-date."  In 1911, the Salem Congregational Church successfully lobbied for an ordinance permitting the display of "moving pictures" in churches after the pastor, Rev. B. H. Reutepohler, hit upon a play to illustrate his Sunday evening sermons with motion pictures.  After the ordinance passed, Salem Congregational became the first church in Los Angeles to take advantage of the new law.  The church building was purchased in January 1917 by a group of Armenian Congregationalists and was renamed the Armenian Gethsemane Congregational Church.  From 1917 to 1944, the church served the influx of Armenian immigrants in the area.  In October 1942, the church hosted the 56th Annual Convention of the Los Angeles Association of Congregational Churches.  In 1944, the church building was sold to an African-American congregation and was renamed the E. 28th Street Christian Church.  Since 2003, the church building is operated as a Spanish-language church, the Nueva Iglesia Bautista en Cristo, serving the neighborhood's Hispanic population.
27th Street Historic District