Chapman Building
{{Short description|Historic building in Los Angeles, US}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Chapman Building
| nrhp_type = cp
| nocat = yes
| partof = Broadway Theater and Commercial District
| partof_refnum = 79000484
| designated_nrhp_type = May 9, 1979{{cite web|title=California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District|publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858983|date=May 9, 1979}}
| image = Chapman Building-1.jpg
| caption = The building in 2014
| architecture = Beaux Arts
| architect = Ernest McConnell
| location = 756 S. Broadway and 227 W. 8th Street, Los Angeles, California
| built = 1911-1913
| coordinates = {{coord|34.0438|-118.2545|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Los Angeles
| map_caption = Location of building in Los Angeles County
| designated_other1 = LAHCM
| designated_other1_number = 899
| designated_other1_date = December 5, 2007{{Cite web |title=Historical Cultural Monuments List |url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/24f6fce7-f73d-4bca-87bc-c77ed3fc5d4f/Historical_Cultural_Monuments_List.pdf |publisher=City of Los Angeles |access-date=November 20, 2024 |language=en-US}}
}}
Chapman Building, also known as Los Angeles Investment Company Building,{{cite web|title=GC 1323 - Historic Sites Surveys |first=Tom|last=Sitton|publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|url=https://nhm.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/gc_1323_historic_sites_surveys.pdf|date=2008}} Charles C. Chapman Building, The Chapman,{{cite web|title=Historic Resource - Charles C. Chapman Building 756 S Broadway|publisher=City of Los Angeles|url=https://historicplacesla.lacity.org/report/cec08a6b-5d55-4531-b784-d2224b445202|date=July 16, 2014}} and Chapman Flats,{{cite web|title=The Chapman Flats|website=downtownla.com|url=https://downtownla.com/building/the-chapman-flats|accessdate=November 21, 2024}} is a historic thirteen-story highrise located at 756 S. Broadway and 227 W. 8th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
History
Chapman Building, originally named Los Angeles Investment Company Building after the Los Angeles Investment Company who built the building, was designed by in-house architect Ernest McConnell and built between 1911 and 1913.{{cite web|title=Chapman Building |publisher=City of Los Angeles|via=hmdb.org|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=164426|date=2007}} In 1913, Globe Savings Bank moved its headquarters to the building.{{cite news |title=Equipment for bank quarters cost $180,728 |newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Express |date=April 12, 1913 |page=18}}
Charles Chapman, the former mayor of Fullerton and first chairman of the board for Bank of America, bought Chapman Building for $1.6 million in 1920 {{USDCY|1600000|1920}} and then headquartered Bank of America there.{{cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Cecilia |title=City's old names grace trendy new residences |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-25-me-then25-story.html |access-date=19 October 2024 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 25, 2007}}
In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Chapman Building listed as a contributing property in the district. In 2007, the building was listed as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #899.
The building was converted to a 168-unit condominium complex in 2007,{{cite news |title=Introducing The Chapman |url=https://www.ladowntownnews.com/development/introducing-the-chapman/article_063b72d0-ebb2-5fd0-811c-5ee0debb84b5.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Downtown News |date=May 21, 2007}} but before the condos were sold they were switched to for-lease apartments. The entire project took more than two years and $30 million {{USDCY|30000000|2006}} to complete.{{cite news |title=A Switch Before Opening |url=https://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/a-switch-before-opening/article_a41477b9-99ae-53eb-8ef5-4e67382cb108.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Downtown News |date=June 16, 2008 |first=Ryan |last=Vaillancourt}}
Architecture and design
Chapman Building is made of steel-framed concrete with a terra cotta and brick facade. The building is divided into four sections, three of which are above the bottom two stories, and features a Beaux Arts design that includes fluted columns, heavy cornice, and ornamental bands and moldings.
Chapman Building's interior features marble staircases and expansive hallways highlighted by tiled floors, marble walls, and metal doors.
See also
References
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Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1913
Category:Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
Category:Historic district contributing properties in California