Petersen Building
- Architect
- Meyer & Holler
- Year
- 1929
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- l.a. deco
The Petersen Building at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard opened in 1929 as a Cadillac dealership, designed by Meyer & Holler, the firm behind the Chinese and Egyptian theatres and Hollywood First National. At 35,003 square feet, it is a rare surviving Art Deco showroom on the boulevard, listed as a contributing property in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District since 1985.
the building
Showroom facade. The facade combines arched display windows with a flat roof and Art Deco detailing incised directly into the concrete along the roofline. The U.S. Department of the Interior cites it as a good example of a 1920s automobile showroom.
the style
Built as a Cadillac dealership in 1929, the building is styled in Art Deco, using arched glass to show off cars from the sidewalk and deco ornament along the roofline to signal a modern, glamorous product.
More on Art Decothe architect
Meyer & Holler was the architecture firm behind several of Hollywood's best-known landmarks, including the Chinese and Egyptian theatres and Hollywood First National. The Petersen Building was one of its Hollywood Boulevard commissions.
significance
Listed as a contributing property in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District, added to the National Register in 1985. It sold for $8.3 million in 1999 and, along with the neighboring Hollywood Galaxy Shopping Center, for $69 million in 2025 to Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen.
nearby
- Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
- Hollywood Masonic Temple
- El Capitan Theatre
- Lee Drug
- Bank of America Building
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