List of the famous landmarks that make up the Garden Grove skyline, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Garden Grove architectural landmarks as well as other major buildings, dwellings, and other structures in Garden Grove are included on this list. Information about these Garden Grove buildings is included on this list, such as when the building first opened and what architectural style it falls under. List includes both new buildings in Garden Grove and older historic landmarks.
Buildings on this list include Crystal Cathedral and Alamitos-Lawrence Intermediate School.
This list answers the question, "What are the most famous buildings in Garden Grove?"
This is a good reference for research into the historical architecture in Garden Grove. Famous architectural houses within the city of Garden Grove are included as well, sometimes by address, other times listed by the name of the original home owner.City/Town: Garden Grove, Orange County, California, United States of America, North America
Opened: Jan 01 1957
Architect: Richard Neutra, Robert E. Alexander
Created By: Richard Neutra, Robert E. Alexander
see more on Alamitos-Lawrence Intermediate SchoolChapman/Western
City/Town: Garden Grove, Orange County, California, United States of America, North America
Building Function: Warehouse, Industrial
Floor Space (sq. m): 6294.55
The Crystal Cathedral is a church building in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, in the United States. The reflective glass building, designed by American architect Philip Johnson, was completed in 1981 and seats 2,736 people. The largest glass building in the world, it has one of the largest musical instruments in the world, the Hazel Wright Memorial organ. Until 2013, the building had been the principal place of worship for Crystal Cathedral Ministries, a congregation of the Reformed Church in America founded in 1955 by Robert H. Schuller. Crystal Cathedral Ministries filed for bankruptcy in October 2010 and in February 2012 sold the building and its adjacent campus to the Roman ...more
City/Town: California, USA
Opened: Jan 01 1980
Structural Height (m): 39.01
Architect: Philip Johnson, John Burgee
Created By: Philip Johnson, John Burgee
Style: Modern architecture
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Shepherd's Grove is a congregation of the Reformed Church in America in Garden Grove, California, United States. The church was founded by Robert H. Schuller in 1955 as the Garden Grove Community Church and renamed itself to Crystal Cathedral Ministries after its church building the Crystal Cathedral in 1981. The congregation is known worldwide as the producer of the Hour of Power weekly American Christian television program. On October 18, 2010, the board of Crystal Cathedral Ministries filed for bankruptcy in Santa Ana, California. In February 2012, as part of the bankruptcy proceeding, the congregation sold the Crystal Cathedral building to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. Under the ...more
Architect: Philip Johnson
Created By: Philip Johnson
