Wilson Building (Los Angeles)
{{Short description|Historic building in Los Angeles, USA}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Wilson 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 = Wilson Building (Los Angeles).jpg
| caption = The building in 2014
| architecture =
| architect =
| location = 431 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California
| built = 1909
| coordinates = {{coord|34.049|-118.250|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Los Angeles
| map_caption = Location of building in Los Angeles County
}}
Wilson Building is a historic three-story building located at 431 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
History
Wilson Building was built in 1909 and massively altered in 1932. Woolworth's occupied the building in 1937, with the business and building featuring a {{convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on}} lunch counter, the longest in the world at the time.{{cite web|title=The Longest Lunch Counter in the World |publisher=Western Publishing & Novelty Company |url=https://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/Documents/Detail/schaber-cafeteria-los-angeles-calif./25484|date=1937|accessdate=November 13, 2024}}
In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district.
The building sold for $3 million in 2013{{cite web|title=431 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Property Information|publisher=PropertyShark|url=https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/16330501/431-S-Broadway-Los-Angeles-CA-90013/|accessdate=November 13, 2024}} and ECF Art Centers moved into the building in 2014.{{cite web|title=Our History|publisher=Exceptional Children's Foundation|url=https://www.artecf.org/our-history|accessdate=November 13, 2024}}