TheTitle Guarantee and Trust Company Buildingis anArt Decostyle highrise building onPershing SquareinDowntown Los Angeles.It was built in 1930 on the site of the California Club building.[2]The building was designed byThe Parkinsons,who also designed many Los Angeles landmarks, includingLos Angeles City HallandBullocks Wilshire.Originally an office building, the structure was later converted into lofts. In 1984 the building was listed in theNational Register of Historic Places.
Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building | |
 Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, 2017 | |
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| Location | 401-411 W. 5th St.,Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°2′56″N118°15′3″W/ 34.04889°N 118.25083°W |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Parkinson & Parkinson; Multiple |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP referenceNo. | 84000891[1] |
| LAHCMNo. | 278 |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 1984 |
In Popular Culture
editLocation shots of the building were featured in the CBS television drama seriesLou Grant(1977–82), in which it was represented as the home of the Los Angeles Tribune, the fictional newspaper around which the series was based. Vampire P.I. Mick St. John purportedly lived and maintained his office on the top floor of the building in CBS' Vampire P.I. Drama,Moonlight(2007-2008).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.April 15, 2008.
- ^Cory Stargel, Sarah Stargel.Early Downtown Los Angeles.p. 53.
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