Hollywood Western Building
- Architect
- S. Charles Lee
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- l.a. deco
Built by MGM's Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, the Hollywood & Western Building opened December 8, 1928 as a four-story Art Deco office building designed by S. Charles Lee at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue. It became the first home of the Motion Picture Association of America's Hays Office and the Ben Hecht Company, with Central Casting and Hollywood Billiards — the city's oldest pool hall — operating out of its lower floors.
the building
Basement pool hall and tenants. Hollywood Billiards, Hollywood's oldest pool hall, operated in the building's lower basement, while tenants over the decades included Toppy's coffee shop, Newman Drug Co., Rexall, and the Bargain Saver, before the building was later converted into recording and rehearsal studios.
the style
S. Charles Lee's Art Deco design gave the Mayer and Thalberg-financed office building its prominent corner presence on Hollywood Boulevard.
More on Art Decothe architect
S. Charles Lee designed the Hollywood & Western Building for producers Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg.
significance
Designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #336 on January 6, 1988, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
nearby
- The Bricker Building
- Le Trianon Apartments
- Old Warner Brothers Studios
- Sowden house
- Victor Rossetti Residence
- Earl Carroll Theatre