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Description
Order Number
00018941
Title
Title
Insurance
Building
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Buildings-Title
Insurance
Building
;
N-002-844
8x10
Date
Circa
1937
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Historical Data
The
Title
Insurance
&
Trust
Company
Building
was
designed
by
architects
John
and
Donald
Parkinson
, and was
built
by the
Scofield
Engineering-Construction
Company
, in
1928
. The
ten-story
,
Zig-Zag
Moderne
style
building
, has an
Art
Deco
marble
lobby
,
which
includes
murals
by
Hugo
Ballin
. In
1979
,
architect-developer
Ragnar
C
.
Qvale
acquired
the
building
and
converted
it
into the
Design
Center
of
Los
Angeles
. "The
Queen
of
Spring
Street
" as
it
came
to be
known
, was
leased
in
1981
to
wholesale
household
furniture
showrooms
. In
1987
, this
historic
building
was
once
again
leased
, and
became
the
temporary
home
of the
Los
Angeles
Public
Library
,
during
the
latter's
reconstruction
of its
original
building
after
its
devastating
fire
. The
Title
Insurance
&
Trust
Company
Building
was
designated
Historic
Cultural
Landmark
#385
.
Description
Title
Insurance
Building
on
Spring
Street
.
Subject
Title Insurance and Trust Company (1893-1968).
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles.
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles.
Lampposts--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Walker & Eisen.
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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