The Herman W. Hellman Building is a historic building in
Downtown Los Angeles
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Herman W. Hellman Building
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Location
The Hellman Building is located on the corner of Fourth and Spring
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* Spring (season), a season of the year
* Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
* Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
* Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...
streets, in the Old Bank District.
History
The Herman W. Hellman building was erected in 1903 by Herman W. Hellman, a German-born American Jewish businessman and banker. It was designed by architect Alfred Rosenheim.
It took the place of a house originally built by Hellman, a small wooden cottage, designed by Kysor & Mathews in 1875.
More recently, the building has been converted into the HWH Luxury Living apartments.[HWH Luxury Living]
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Hellman built other buildings also known as "Hellman Building" (also "H. W. Hellman Building", "New Hellman Building"):
*one mentioned in 1876 on Third Street between Main Street and Spring streets, where a musical boarding school was located
*one built in 1882 on Main and Commercial streets "next to Litchenberger's", between Court and First streets
*one at Third and Main streets in 1892
*another at the northeast corner of Second Street and Broadway
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* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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in 1897Hellman Building, Water and Power Associates
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References
Office buildings in Los Angeles
Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
Bank buildings in Los Angeles
Office buildings completed in 1903
1903 establishments in California
1900s architecture in the United States
Neoclassical architecture in California
Hellman family
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