Bradbury Building

Bradbury Building
From the corner of West 3rd Street and South Broadway (2005)
Bradbury Building is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Bradbury Building
Bradbury Building is located in California
Bradbury Building
Bradbury Building is located in the United States
Bradbury Building
Location304 South Broadway
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°3′1.93″N 118°14′52.30″W / 34.0505361°N 118.2478611°W / 34.0505361; -118.2478611
Built1893[1]
ArchitectSumner Hunt, George Wyman
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Chicago School
Part ofBroadway Theater and Commercial District (ID79000484)
NRHP reference No.71000144
LAHCM No.6
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1971[3]
Designated NHLMay 5, 1977[4]
Designated CPMay 9, 1979[5]
Designated LAHCMSeptember 21, 1962[2]

The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Built in 1893,[1] the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and constructed by architect George Wyman from the original design by Sumner Hunt.[6] It appears in numerous works of fiction and has been the site of many movie and television shoots and music videos.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, one of only four office buildings in Los Angeles to be so honored.[7] It was also designated a landmark by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission[8] and is the city's oldest landmarked building.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Nomination Form. The National Register of Historic Places" (PDF).
  2. ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (September 7, 2007). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - Bradbury Building". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. January 25, 1971.
  4. ^ "Bradbury Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.
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  8. ^ Muchnich, Suzanne. "Old Friends Meet Again : Bradbury Building, 98, Sits for Photographer, 80" Los Angeles Times (August 3, 1991)
  9. ^ "Bradbury Building Renovation" Los Angeles Times (November 12, 1989)