Herman W. Hellman Building

The building in 2008

Not to be confused with Isaias W. Hellman Office Building.

The Herman W. Hellman Building is a historic building in Downtown Los Angeles. ^{[1] [2]}

Location

The Hellman Building is located on the corner of Fourth and Spring streets, in the Old Bank District. ^{[1] [3]}

History

The building in 1907

The Herman W. Hellman building was erected in 1903 by Herman W. Hellman, a German-born American Jewish businessman and banker. ^[1] It was designed by architect Alfred Rosenheim. ^{[1] [3]}

It took the place of a house originally built by Hellman, a small wooden cottage, designed by Kysor & Mathews in 1875. ^[4]

More recently, the building has been converted into the HWH Luxury Living apartments. ^[5]

Hellman built other buildings also known as "Hellman Building" (also "H. W. Hellman Building", "New Hellman Building"): ^[6]

• one mentioned in 1876 on Third Street between Main Street and Spring streets, where a musical boarding school was located ^[7]
• one built in 1882 on Main and Commercial streets "next to Litchenberger's", between Court and First streets ^[8]
• one at Third and Main streets in 1892 ^[9]
• another at the northeast corner of Second Street and Broadway in 1897 ^[10]

References

1. Sam Watters, Hellman buildings were inspired by national spirit, The Los Angeles Times , December 26, 2009
2. University of Southern California Digital Library, Herman W. Hellman Building
3. "Old Bank District: Hellman Building". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
4. Los Angeles Herald 25 June 1875.
5. HWH Luxury Living, About Us
6. Search for "Hellman Building" in Los Angeles, California newspapers, newspapers.com
7. Untitled news item, Los Angeles Express , October 6, 1876, p. 3
8. Untitled article, Los Angeles Herald , March 18, 1882, p.3
9. Untitled news item, Los Angeles Times , September 2, 1892, p.8
10. Hellman Building, Water and Power Associates

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