Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- l.a. deco
The Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building is an Art Deco high-rise on Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, built in 1930 on the former site of the California Club. It was designed by the Parkinson firm, also responsible for Los Angeles City Hall and Bullocks Wilshire, and originally housed offices before later being converted into residential lofts.
the building
On screen. The building's exterior appeared in the CBS series Lou Grant (1977-82) as the fictional Los Angeles Tribune newspaper, and in Moonlight (2007-2008) as the home and office of vampire private investigator Mick St. John.
the style
Built in 1930, the tower is a downtown Los Angeles example of Art Deco office architecture, designed by the same Parkinson firm behind the city's Gothic-Deco City Hall and the streamlined Bullocks Wilshire department store.
More on Art Decothe architect
The building was designed by the Parkinson firm, credited with several major Los Angeles landmarks including Los Angeles City Hall and Bullocks Wilshire.
significance
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, recognizing its Art Deco design near Pershing Square.
nearby
- Judson Rives Building
- Broadway Mart Center
- Arcade Theatre
- F. and W. Grand Silver Store Building
- Hubert-Thom McAn Building
- Security Building