Lwize, it wouldn't be St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 12th and Los Angeles, would it?
Circa 1901-15, USC Digital Collection
Circa 1929, USC Digital Collection
1940s, with the Bendix Building in the background, LAPL
1957, LAPL
1971, LAPL
It burned down in 1983 and was replaced by the Diocese a few years later with a somewhat cartoonish--and wholly suburban--structure:
Some good reading here:
http://blogdowntown.com/2011/10/6440...own-firedamage