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] [34] | |
| Parmelee Building | | 716 S. Broadway | Office and retail [35] | 1907 | ||||
| Barker Brothers Building | Sassony Building, [36] The Barker [37] | | 722 S. Broadway | Retail [38] | Robert Brown Young | 1909 | Office conversion in 2016 [36] | |
| Globe Theater | Morosco Theatre, Garland Building [39] | | 744 S. Broadway | Theater and office | Beaux-Arts [39] | Morgan, Walls and Morgan | 1912 | |
| Chapman Building | Los Angeles Investment Company Building, [15] Charles C. Chapman Building, [7] The Chapman, [40] Chapman Flats [41] | | 756 S. Broadway | Office [40] | Beaux-Arts [40] | Ernest McConnell | 1911 | LAHCM #899. [7] Residential conversion in 2007. [42] |
| Tower Theater | | 802 S. Broadway | Theater | French Renaissance | S. Charles Lee | 1927 | LAHCM #450 [7] | |
| 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] | | NW 6th and Broadway | Retail [15] | Italian Renaissance | Davis & Davis, Henry F. Withey [15] | 1920 | |
| Metropolitan Annex | | 553 S. Broadway | Office and retail [77] | 1923 | Only surviving portion of Paramount Theatre [78] | |||
| Hartfields | F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building [7] | | 537 S. Broadway | Retail [79] | Art Deco | Walker & Eisen [79] | 1931 | LAHCM #1155. [7] Office conversion in 2015. [80] |
| Reed's | Lerners Building [81] | | 533 S. Broadway | Retail [81] | Art Deco [81] | Philip Barker [81] | 1931 | |
| Broadway Interiors | Schulte United Building, Broadway Arts Tower [82] | | 529 S. Broadway | Retail [82] | 1928 | Office conversion in 2014 [82] | ||
| Remick Building | | 517-519 S. Broadway | Office [83] | Abram M. Edelman [83] | 1902 | |||
| Fifth Street Store | Shybary Grand Lofts [84] | | 501-515 S. Broadway | Retail [85] | Alexander Curlett | 1927 | Residential conversion in 2006 [84] | |
| Metropolitan Building | | 315 W. 5th Street | Retail [86] | Beaux Arts [87] | Parkinson and Bergstrom | 1913 | LAHCM #1019. [7] Residential conversion in 2011. [86] | |
| Wilson Building | | 431 S. Broadway | Retail [88] | 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 |