The Hellman Building is a historic building in Downtown Los Angeles.[1]
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Location
The Hellman Building is located on the corner of Fourth and Spring streets, in the Old Bank District.[2][3]
History
Herman W. Hellman, a German-born American Jewish businessman and banker, had built buildings also known as "Hellman Building" (also "H. W. Hellman Building", "New Hellman Building"):[4]
- one mentioned in 1876 on Third Street between Main Street and Spring streets, where a musical boarding school was located[5]
- one built in 1882 on Main and Commercial streets "next to Litchenberger's", between Court and First streets[6]
- one at Third and Main streets in 1892[7]
- another at the northeast corner of Second Street and Broadway in 1897[8]
The Fourth and Spring Hellman building was erected in 1903.[2] It was designed by architect Alfred Rosenheim.[2][3]
It took the place of a house originally built by Hellman, a small wooden cottage, designed by Kysor & Mathews in 1875.[9]