Los Angeles Street and Aliso Street from Baker Block looking east, downtown Los Angeles, 1885 (CHS-1859)

Photograph of General Fremont's headquarters and the first Los Angeles City Hall (Mellus Row) in the first plaza in Los Angeles on the southeast corner of Aliso Street and Los Angeles Street, Sonora Town, 1885. From Baker Block looking east. Captain Alexander Bell and Mellus lived here (Francis Mellus married a niece of Mrs. Bell's). It was taken over by General Fremont for his headquarters and thus became the state capital for the short period of his acting as governor. The Los Angeles City organization was formed in this building in 1850.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.