Jevne, Hans, Company, Grocery Store #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1882)

AKA: 38 and 40 North Spring Street Store Building, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - markets; built works - commercial buildings - stores

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1882

38-40 North Spring Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
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Hans Jevne operated an early grocery store at 38 and 40 North Spring Street in Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, beginning in 1882. Jevne's operation began in a single room and had expanded by 1889 to occupy two floors of the building. Jevne pioneered home delivery of groceries using horse-drawn wagons and the use of the telephone for ordering groceries. He also was an early adopter of combustion-powered delivery wagons. His business operated until 1920.

PCAD id: 17010

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