List of contributing properties in the Broadway Theater and Commercial District
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The properties on this list are contributing properties to Los Angeles's Broadway Theater and Commercial District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979[1] and expanded in 2002.[2] The period of significance is 1894 to 1931.[2]
| Listed Name | Alternate Name | Image | Address | Type | Style | Architect | Year built | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Clothing Company | City Hall North, Hosfield Building, Victor Clothing Lofts[3] | 242 S. Broadway | Government[3] then retail[2] | Vernacular with Beaux-Arts elements | Train & Williams | 1914 | Added to district in 2002.[2] Residential conversion in the 2000s.[4] | |
| Bradbury Building | 304 S. Broadway | Office | Italian Renaissance Revival[5] | George Wyman | 1893 | NRHP #71000144,[6] LAHCM #6[7] | ||
| Trustee Building | 340 S. Broadway | Office and retail | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1905 | ||||
| Judson-Rives Building | Broadway Central Building,[8] The Judson[9] | 424 S. Broadway | Office and retail, theater from 1924-1988[10][11] | Beaux Arts[10] | Charles Ronald Aldrich | 1906 | LAHCM #881.[7] Residential conversion in 2008.[9] | |
| Bumiller Building | 430 S. Broadway | Renaissance Revival[12] | Morgan & Walls | 1906 | ||||
| Chester Williams Building | 215 W. 5th Street | Office[13] | Beaux Arts[13] | Curlett & Beelman | 1926 | Residential conversion in 2012[14] | ||
| Jewelry Trades Building | Title Guarantee Block[15] | 220 W. 5th Street | Retail[16] | Romanesque | Morgan, Walls and Morgan | 1912 | Residential conversion in 2010[17] | |
| O. T. Johnson Building #2 | Forve-Pettebone Building[7] | 510 S. Broadway | Office[18] | Robert Brown Young | 1905 | LAHCM #1125[7] | ||
| Roxie Theater | 518 S. Broadway | Theater | Art Deco | John M. Cooper | 1931 | LAHCM #526[7] | ||
| Cameo Theater | Clune's Broadway Theatre[19] | 528 S. Broadway | Theater | Alfred Rosenheim | 1910 | LAHCM #524[7] | ||
| Arcade Theater | Pantages Theatre[7] | 534 S. Broadway | Theater | Beaux-Arts[20] | Morgan & Walls | 1910 | LAHCM #525[7] | |
| Arcade Building | Broadway-Spring Arcade[15] | 540 S. Broadway | Office and retail[21] | Spanish Renaissance and Beaux Arts[22] | Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.,[1] Maurice C. Couchot[22] | 1924 | Also contributes to the Spring Street Financial District.[23] Residential conversion in 2010.[24] | |
| Hubert-Thom McAn Building | Eden Hotel[15] | 546 S. Broadway | Hospitality then office[15] | Italianate | John B. Parkinson | 1900 | ||
| Silverwood's Building | 558 S. Broadway | Retail[15] | Walker & Eisen | 1920 | ||||
| Finney's Cafeteria | Gebhart Building,[1] Eshman Building,[25] The Chocolate Shop,[15] Museum of Chocolate[26] | 217 W. 6th Street | Food-service | German/Dutch interior[27] | Plummer and Feil (1913) | 1904, 1913 | LAHCM #137[7] | |
| Walter P. Story Building | New Story Building[28] | 610 S. Broadway | Office and retail[28] | Beaux Arts[28] | Morgan & Walls | 1908 | ||
| Desmond's Building | Desmond's Department Store[7] | 614 S. Broadway | Retail[29] | Spanish Baroque / Beaux Arts[29] | Albert C. Martin Sr. | 1924 | LAHCM #1207.[7] Office conversion in 2018.[30] | |
| Broadway Cafeteria | Schaber's Cafeteria[15] | 618 S. Broadway | Food-service | Spanish Colonial | Charles F. Plummer | 1928 | Retail conversion sometime after 2012 | |
| Palace Theater | Orpheum Theatre, Broadway Palace, Fox Palace[31] | 636 S. Broadway | Theater | French Renaissance | G. Albert Lansburgh | 1910 | LAHCM #449[7] | |
| Forrester Building | 638 S. Broadway | Residential[15] | Charles Frederick Whittlesey | 1907 | ||||
| J. E. Carr Building | Brooks Building[32] | 644 S. Broadway | Commercial[32] | Renaissance Revival[32] | Robert Brown Young | 1908 | ||
| Yorkshire Hotel | J. D. Hooker Building[15] | 710-714 S. Broadway | Hospitality | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1909 | Residential conversion in 1972[33] | ||
| Parmelee Building | 716 S. Broadway | Office and retail[34] | 1907 | |||||
| Barker Brothers Building | Sassony Building,[35] The Barker[36] | 722 S. Broadway | Retail[37] | Robert Brown Young | 1909 | Office conversion in 2016[35] | ||
| Globe Theater | Morosco Theatre, Garland Building[38] | 744 S. Broadway | Theater and office | Beaux-Arts[38] | Morgan, Walls and Morgan | 1912 | ||
| Chapman Building | Los Angeles Investment Company Building,[15] Charles C. Chapman Building,[7] The Chapman,[39] Chapman Flats[40] | 756 S. Broadway | Office[39] | Beaux-Arts[39] | Ernest McConnell | 1911 | LAHCM #899.[7] Residential conversion in 2007.[41] | |
| Tower Theater | 802 S. Broadway | Theater | French Renaissance | S. Charles Lee | 1927 | LAHCM #450[7] Retail conversion in 2021.[42] | ||
| Singer Building | Allied Arts Building[43] | 806 S. Broadway | Retail[44] | Italian Renaissance | Meyer & Holler | 1922 | Residential conversion in 2018[44] | |
| Rialto Theater | Quinn's Rialto Theater, Grauman’s Rialto[45] | 812 S. Broadway | Theater | Greek Revival (1917) changed to Georgian (1923), Art Deco marquee[45] | Oliver Perry Dennis (1917), William Lee Woollett (1923)[45] | 1917, 1923[45] | LAHCM #472[7] | |
| Apparel Center Building | Wurlitzer Building,[15] Anjac Fashion Building,[46] Hudson Building[46] | 814 S. Broadway | Office[46] | Spanish Renaissance | Walker & Eisen | 1923 | ||
| Braun Building | 820-822 S. Broadway | Office[47] | Walter Jesse Saunders | 1913 | ||||
| Anjac Fashion Building | Platt Building[48] | 830 S. Broadway | Office[48] | Gothic Revival | Walker & Eisen | 1927 | ||
| Orpheum Theater | 842 S. Broadway | Theater | Spanish Renaissance | Schultze & Weaver, G. Albert Lansburgh | 1925 | |||
| Blackstone's Department Store | U.S. Post Office Metropolitan Station | 901-10 S. Broadway | Retail | Beaux Arts[49] | John B. Parkinson | 1918 | Added to district in 2002.[2] LAHCM #765.[7] Residential conversion in 2010.[50] | |
| Broadway Leasehold Building | L.L. Burns Western Costume Building,[51] Sparkle Factory[52] | 908-10 S. Broadway | Office | Gothic Revival | Unknown[2] or Meyer and Holler[53][54][55][56] | 1914 | Added to district in 2002[2] | |
| Western Costume Building | 939 South Broadway Building, 939 Broadway Lofts, Anjac Fashion Building[57] | 939-47 S. Broadway | Industrial | Renaissance Revival with Gothic Revival imagery and Art Deco forms and massing | Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr. | 1925 | Added to district in 2002.[2] Residential conversion in 2018.[58] | |
| United Artists Theater Building | California Petroleum Corporation Building,[59] Texaco Building,[59] Ace Hotel,[59] STILE Downtown Los Angeles[60] | 921-37 S. Broadway | Theater and office | Gothic Revival / Art Deco | Walker & Eisen (building), C. Howard Crane (theater) | 1927 | Added to district in 2002.[2] LAHCM #523.[7] Hospitality conversion in 2014.[61] | |
| Ninth and Broadway Building | Anjac Fashion Building[62] | 850 S. Broadway[15] | Office and residential[15] | Zigzag Moderne | Claude Beelman | 1929 | ||
| Eastern Columbia Building | 849 S. Broadway | Retail[63] | Moderne | Claude Beelman | 1930 | LAHCM #294.[7] Office conversion in 1957.[64] Residential conversion in 2006.[65] | ||
| May Company | Hamburgers/May Company Department Store, Broadway Trade Center[66] | SW 8th and Broadway | Retail | Classical | Alfred Rosenheim | 1906 | LAHCM #459[7] | |
| Merritt Building | 301 W. 8th Street | Office and retail[67] | Italian Renaissance | Reid & Reid | 1914 | |||
| Issacs Building | 737-747 S. Broadway | Office[68] | Gothic | 1913 | ||||
| Cheney Block | 731 S. Broadway | Retail[69] | S. Charles Lee (1940s)[69] | 1913 1940s | ||||
| Woolworth's | 719 S. Broadway | Retail[70] | Zigzag Moderne | Weeks & Day (1920) | 1920, 1941 | |||
| United Building | State Theatre[71] | 703 S. Broadway | Theater and office | Spanish Renaissance | Weeks & Day | 1920 | LAHCM #522[7] | |
| Bullock's | Earl,[1] Tehama Building[15] | 641 S. Broadway | Retail | Beaux Arts | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1906 | part of Bullock's complex | |
| Pease Building | 646 S. Hill Street | Retail | Beaux Arts[72] | Hudson & Munsell | 1906 | part of Bullock's complex | ||
| Eshman Building | Eschmann Building[73] | 345 W. 7th Street | Retail | Beaux Arts | Morgan & Walls | 1909 | part of Bullock's complex | |
| Bridge | 321 W. 7th Street | Retail | Beaux Arts | 1921 | part of Bullock's complex | |||
| Gennet Building | 640 S. Hill Street | Retail | Beaux Arts and Moderne | Parkinson and Hubbard | 1922 | part of Bullock's complex | ||
| Hart '24 | 652-658 S. Hill Street | Retail | Beaux Arts | John and Donald Parkinson | 1924 | part of Bullock's complex | ||
| Hart '28 | Hill and 7th | Retail | Beaux Arts | John and Donald Parkinson | 1928 | part of Bullock's complex | ||
| Mackey Building | 634 S. Hill Street | Retail | Beaux Arts and Moderne | John and Donald Parkinson | 1934 | part of Bullock's complex | ||
| Bullocks-Hollenbeck | Hollenbeck Block[15] | 639 S. Broadway | Retail | Beaux Arts | Morgan & Walls | 1912 | part of Bullock's complex | |
| Mailing's | 617-619 S. Broadway | Retail | French Renaissance | S. Charles Lee | 1930 | |||
| Los Angeles Theater | 615 S. Broadway Blvd | Theater | French Renaissance | S. Charles Lee, S. Tilden Norton[74] | 1931[74] | LAHCM #225[7] | ||
| Norton Building | Zukors,[15] H. Jeyne Company Building[28] | 601-605 S. Broadway | Office and retail | Zigzag Moderne[15] | Parkinson and Bergstrom[75] | 1906 1940 | Residential conversion in 2017[76] | |
| Wood Brothers Building | 315 W. 6th Street | 1922 | ||||||
| Swelldom Building | Sun Drug Company Building,[15] Sun Realty Building[77] | NW 6th and Broadway | Retail[15] | Italian Renaissance | Davis & Davis, Henry F. Withey[15] | 1920 | ||
| Metropolitan Annex | 553 S. Broadway | Office and retail[78] | 1923 | Only surviving portion of Paramount Theatre[79] | ||||
| Hartfields | F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building[7] | 537 S. Broadway | Retail[80] | Art Deco | Walker & Eisen[80] | 1931 | LAHCM #1155.[7] Office conversion in 2015.[81] | |
| Reed's | Lerners Building[82] | 533 S. Broadway | Retail[82] | Art Deco[82] | Philip Barker[82] | 1931 | ||
| Broadway Interiors | Schulte United Building, Broadway Arts Tower[83] | 529 S. Broadway | Retail[83] | 1928 | Office conversion in 2014[83] | |||
| Remick Building | 517-519 S. Broadway | Office[84] | Abram M. Edelman[84] | 1902 | ||||
| Fifth Street Store | Shybary Grand Lofts[85] | 501-515 S. Broadway | Retail[86] | Alexander Curlett | 1927 | Residential conversion in 2006[85] | ||
| Metropolitan Building | 315 W. 5th Street | Retail and office[87] | Beaux Arts[87] | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1913 | LAHCM #1019.[7] Residential conversion in 2011.[88] | ||
| Wilson Building | 431 S. Broadway | 1909, 1932 | ||||||
| Broadway Mart Center | Broadway Department Store,[15] Junipero Serra State Office Building[89] | 401-423 S. Broadway | Retail[89] | Beaux Arts with Italian Renaissance Revival ornamentation[28] | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1913 | Office conversion in 1999[89] | |
| Grand Central Market | Homer Laughlin Building[90] | 315 S. Broadway | Retail[91] | Beaux Arts[91] | Thornton Fitzhugh (1905) | 1897, 1905 | LAHCM #1183[7] | |
| Million Dollar Theater | 307 S. Broadway | Theater and office | Spanish Renaissance | Albert C. Martin Sr. (building), William Lee Woollett (theater) | 1917 | NRHP #78000687,[92] LAHCM #1184[7] | ||
| Irvine-Byrne Building | Irvine Block,[15] Byrne Building,[15] Giant Penny Building,[93] Pan American Building,[15] Pan American Lofts[94] | 249-59 S. Broadway | Office | Beaux Arts[94] | Sumner Hunt (1894), Willis Polk (1911) | 1894, 1911 | Added to district in 2002.[2] LAHCM #544.[7] Residential conversion in 2004.[94] |
The following properties were originally listed as contributing,[1] but were removed when the district was expanded in 2002.[2]
| Listed Name | Alternate Name | Image | Address | Type | Style | Architect | Year built | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. T. Johnson Block | 350 S. Broadway | Office[15] | Italianate | Robert Brown Young | 1895 | |||
| O. T. Johnson Building | O. T. Johnson Block[15] | 356 S. Broadway | Office[15] | Romanesque | John B. Parkinson | 1902 | ||
| Lankershim Hotel | 700 S. Broadway | Hospitality | Robert Brown Young | 1902 | Mostly demolished in the early 1980s[95] | |||
| Nelson Building | Grant Building[15] | 355 S. Broadway | Office and retail[96] | Frank Van Trees (1897),[1] John Parkinson (1902)[97] | 1897,[1] 1902[97] | Reduced to two stories sometime between 1979[1] and 2005[98] | ||
| Karl's | Karl's Shoes[15] | 341-345 S. Broadway | Retail[15] | Abram M. Edelman | 1903 |