AKA: Esquire Theater, Fairfax District, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres
Designers: Balch, Clifford A. Architect (firm); Clifford A. Balch (architect)
Dates: constructed 1937
1 story
Overview
In 03/1937, theSouthwest Building and Contractorindicated in a building notice that architect Clifford A. Balch (1880-1963) was drawing up plans for remodeling a building at 417-419 North Fairfax into a theatre to be called the "Esquire." Balch was a prolific designer of movie theatres during the 1920s and 1930s. (See "Theatre Building," Southwest Building and Contractor,03/05/1937, p. 52, col. 2.)
PCAD id: 21074