The Herman W. Hellman Building is a historic building in Downtown Los Angeles.[1][2]
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Location
editThe Hellman Building is located on the corner of Fourth and Spring streets, in the Old Bank District.[1][3]
History
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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
edit- 1 2 3 4 Sam Watters, Hellman buildings were inspired by national spirit, The Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2009
- ↑ University of Southern California Digital Library, Herman W. Hellman Building
- 1 2 "Old Bank District: Hellman Building". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ↑ Los Angeles Herald 25 June 1875.
- ↑ HWH Luxury Living, About Us
- ↑ Search for "Hellman Building" in Los Angeles, California newspapers, newspapers.com
- ↑ Untitled news item, Los Angeles Express, October 6, 1876, p. 3
- ↑ Untitled article, Los Angeles Herald, March 18, 1882, p.3
- ↑ Untitled news item, Los Angeles Times, September 2, 1892, p.8
- ↑ Hellman Building, Water and Power Associates