PCAD - Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Building, 650 South Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA; SB Spring, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - banks (buildings); built works - commercial buildings - corporate headquarters; built works - commercial buildings - office buildings

Aerial view of the Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Building (later known as SB Spring), Los Angeles, CA, c. 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank (later SB Spring), Los Angeles, CA, 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

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650 South Spring Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90014

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The Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank occupied the northeast corner South Spring Street and West 7th Street.

Building History

The New York architectural tandem of Schultze and Weaver designed the Beaux Arts Revival office tower at 650 South Spring Street.

By 1937, at least, the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association occupied the building as a banking center. It was known as the "Bank of America Building" in 1937, and the office portion of the building had an address of 650 South Spring Street. The banking operation had an address of 660 South Spring. W.J. Braunschweiger was the Bank of America Vice-President and Manager of this office in 1937. Other vice-presidents of this office included W.E. Benz, L.L. Mulit, Edmund Nelson, R.L. Rehorn, E.I. Vaughan and R.M. Watson. (SeeLos Angeles A-L, California, City Directory, 1937, p. 181.)

Alteration

This former office building was converted to rental apartments and renamed "SB Spring."

PCAD id: 2642

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Building (now Bank of America), 1924", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 238, 1994.

Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Building, 650 South Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1924)

Publications