TheSouthern California Gas Company Complexis a group of buildings on Flower Street inDowntown Los Angeles.The main building, completed in 1925, was designed in theRenaissance Revival stylebyJohn and Donald Parkinson.
Southern California Gas Company Complex | |
Location | 800-830 S. Flower St.,Los Angeles, California |
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Coordinates | 34°2′48″N118°15′37″W/ 34.04667°N 118.26028°W |
Built | 1925 |
Architect | Parkinson & Parkinson; et al. |
Architectural style | Renaissance, Moderne |
NRHP referenceNo. | 04000623[1] |
LAHCMNo. | 789 |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 2004 |
It was originally used as offices by theSouthern California Gas Company,but was later converted tolofts.
The six story extension at 820 S. Flower Street was designed byRobert V. Derrahin theArt Deco architecturestyle in 1942.[citation needed]The two concrete side sections curve into a recessed glass center.[2]
The buildings were added to theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2004.
See also
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edit- ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.April 15, 2008.
- ^David Gebhard, Robert Winter. An architectural guidebook to Los Ángeles, revised 2003, p.243.ISBN978-1-58685-308-2.Google books