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Description
The Pacific Mutual Building, located at 523 W. 6th Street, are 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 was erected in 1929 by Parkinson and Parkinson. 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 it back to its Beaux Arts revival; finally, the entire building was renovated again by the Westgroup, Inc. in 1985. The Pacific Mutual Building is Historic-Cultural Monument #398. 6th Street looking west from Olive Street. At right is the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. building. Pershing Square is at close right. In the distance is the Jonathan Club. A streetcar bears the destination of Bimini Baths. At left is a sign, "Edwards Wildey."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00068381 Los Angeles Photographers Collection; C.C. Pierce Collection GPC_b49_f1_i34; N-000-575 8x10 (Additional print) CARL0000071567 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/126341
Subject
Pacific Life Insurance Company Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Jonathan Club Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Edwards & Wildey Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Streets--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Hotels--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Eclecticism in architecture--California--Los Angeles Sixth Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cityscape photographs Dodd, William J.,1862-1930 Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
