Los Angeles Pacific College

the first in the state of California. As the small community of Hermon grew, a four-year college course was added in 1934 and the school came to be called Los Angeles Pacific College (LAPC). Part of the Free Methodist denomination, it taught the Free-Will System of religion.
In 1960, men were admitted; in 1961, an instructor created a football team for all male students regardless of ability, which practiced in public parks.
Following a major Chicago school fire in 1958, the city of Los Angeles' Department of Building and Safety began inspecting schools. Many of LAPC's aging bungalows were not up to code, so the Free Methodist Church sold off the assets. Official copies of student records, transcripts, and diplomas would all be lost when the college was bulldozed in 1965.
The corner lot became a liquor store, catty corner from the hill, which became Pacific Christian High School, carrying on the legacy of the original founders' concept of Christian classes in the Hermon neighborhood. A remnant of that lasted …