The Pico House is California Historic Landmark #159.; Ezra F. Kysor designed the Italianate Merced Theatre, built in 1870 by William Abbott and named for his wife. It opened on January 30, 1871 and is the oldest surviving theater in Los Angeles.; The ornate three-story Baker Block was completed around 1877 by Colonel Robert S. Baker. For a number of years, the building housed offices, shops, and apartments. Goodwill Industries of Southern California purchased it in 1919. Despite plans to relocate the structure for another purpose, the city purchased the Baker Block from Goodwill in 1941 and demolished the building a year later. U.S. Route 101 now runs beneath where these buildings once stood. The Pico House, sometimes called "Old Pico House", built by Pio Pico in 1869-70. Standing with the Pico House on the left, where horses and carriages are waiting, you can look down the block and see the Merced Theatre next to it, 2 more buildings, and then the towers of the Baker Block.
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