Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1929-1931)

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - commercial buildings

Designers: Lunden, Samuel Eugene, FAIA, Architect (firm); Parkinson and Parkinson, Architects (firm); Samuel Eugene Lunden (architect); Donald Berthold Parkinson (architect); John Parkinson (architect); Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta (sculptor)

Dates: constructed 1929-1931

click to open gallery Exterior view of the Pacific Stock Exchange Building, Los Angeles, 1957; from the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection, Item # LAPL00038297
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618 South Spring Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90014-1901
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Building Notes

The Los Angeles architectural firm of John and Donald Parkinson collaborated with Samuel Lunden (1897-1995) to design the Pacific Stock Exchange. Three bas-relief panels over the main entrance were carved by Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta (02/28/1887-1948); sculpture on the interior was done by Wilson Studio and Julian Ellsworth Garnsey painted murals on the inside.

Alteration

The Pacific Stock Exchange was renovated in 2008–2010.

PCAD id: 1809

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