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Description
Order Number
00044318
Title
5th
and
Olive
streets
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Views
,
Panoramic-Central
City-1900-1949
Date
Circa
1920
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
Notes
Original
photographic
print
is
out
of
focus
.
Historical Data
The
Pacific
Mutual
Building
,
located
at
523
W
.
6th
Street
,
is
actually
three
interconnected
buildings
built
between
1908
and
1929
. The
original
structure
was
designed
and
built
between
1908-1912
by
John
Parkinson
and
Edwin
Bergstrom
.
Since
then,
it
has
undergone
many
changes
: the
North
Side
addition
was
built
in
1916
by
William
J
.
Dodd
; a
twelve-story
structure
was
built
in
1921
by
William
J
.
Dodd
and his
associate
William
Richards
; the
Garage
Building
was
added
in
1926
by
Schultze
and
Weaver
; and the
West
Side
addition
,
designed
by
Parkinson
and
Parkinson
, was
erected
in
1929
by
Scofield-Twaits
Company
.
It
underwent
Moderne
remodeling
in
1936
by
Parkinson
and
Parkinson
; and in
1974
, the
building
underwent
an
extensive
restoration
by
Wendell
Mounce
and
Associates
, with
Bond
and
Steward
,
which
brought
back
its
original
Beaux
Arts
revival
style
;
finally
, the
entire
building
was
renovated
again
by the
Westgroup
,
Inc
. in
1985
. The
Pacific
Mutual
Building
is
Los
Angeles
Historic-Cultural
Monument
#398
.
Description
Looking
southwest
from
over
Pershing
Square
,
showing
the
Pacific
Mutual
Building
(left)
, the
beginnings
of the
Biltmore
Hotel
middle
distance
, and the
Normal
School
in the
distance
.
Subject
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Pacific Life Insurance Company.
State Normal School, Los Angeles (Calif.).
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Parks--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Teachers colleges--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles.
Cityscape photographs
Parkinson, John,1861-1935.
Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955.
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Fifth Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Coverage
1911
;
1912
;
1913
;
1914
;
1915
;
1916
;
1917
;
1918
;
1919
;
1920
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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