The Herman W. Hellman Building is a historic building in Downtown Los Angeles.12
Location
The Hellman Building is located on the corner of Fourth and Spring streets, in the Old Bank District.13
History
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.13
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 located7
- one built in 1882 on Main and Commercial streets "next to Litchenberger's", between Court and First streets8
- one at Third and Main streets in 18929
- another at the northeast corner of Second Street and Broadway in 189710
References
References
- 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
- "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
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