A.G. Bartlett Building
| A.G. Bartlett Building | |
|---|---|
John B. Parkinson Edwin Bergstrom | |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 130 |
A.G. Bartlett Building | |
| Architectural style | Spring Street Financial District (ID79000489 ) |
| Designated CP | 1979 |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
The A.G. Bartlett Building is a 14-floor building at 215
West Seventh Street in Downtown Los Angeles
. When completed in 1911, it was the tallest building in the city for five years.
It is within the
Spring Street Financial District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
The Bartlett Building was designed by
PBS SoCal noted: "When the new 14-story building opened, many smaller oil companies rented offices there, including oilman George Franklin Getty. Getty's Minnesota Oil Company stayed in the building for 15 years, during which his famous son, J. Paul Getty, joined him when he became of working age. It was converted to lofts in 2002 and is a designated national, California and Los Angeles landmark."[5]
The building was converted to 130 residential loft
condominium units, and ground floor retail spaces in 2002, under the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance.[6]
References
- ^ "Emporis building ID 146989". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ A.G. Bartlett Building at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ "A.G. Bartlett Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), San Francisco County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 20, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ "The Downtown Los Angeles Buildings That Oil Built". PBS SoCal. September 27, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "A.G. Bartlett Building". TopLACondos. 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.