Banks-Huntley Building
- Architect
- The Parkinsons
- Year
- 1930
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- l.a. deco
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The Banks-Huntley Building is a 1930 Art Deco commercial building at 634 South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, designed by the Parkinsons, a historically significant local architectural firm. It carries a rare dual historic status: Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #631 and a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places.
the style
Completed in 1930, the building represents the Art Deco style that defined downtown Los Angeles's commercial construction boom of the era, with the geometric massing and ornament characteristic of the period.
More on Art Decothe architect
The Parkinsons were a historically significant Los Angeles architectural firm active in the early twentieth century, responsible for a number of the city's commercial buildings from this period.
significance
The building holds dual designation as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #631, designated January 14, 1997, and as a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- A.G. Bartlett Building
- Los Angeles Board of Trade Building
- Los Angeles Theatre
- Kerckoff Building and Annex
- Hubert-Thom McAn Building
- Arcade Theatre