Platt Building
The Platt Building (left) and the Orpheum Building (right) on South Broadway in Los Angeles
Alternative namesAnjac Fashion Building
General information
Architectural styleGothic Revival
LocationLos Angeles, California
Address834 South Broadway
Opened1927
Technical details
MaterialConcrete and steel with terra cotta facade
Floor count12
Design and construction
Architecture firmWalker & Eisen

The Platt Building is a 1927 highrise at 834 South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] The Gothic Revival design was by architects Walker & Eisen. The firm also designed The Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

The building was originally the headquarters of the Platt Music Corporation.[2]

The Platt Building is one of the Anjac Fashion Buildings, and the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Broadway Theater and Commercial District uses this name to designate the building.[3] Anjac is a portmanteau of the names Annette and Jack Needleman, real estate owners who in 1964 began buying properties in the Fashion District and surrounding area.[4]

References

  1. You-Are-Here.com: The Platt Building
  2. Doryoku - The Platt Building
  3. "Broadway Theater and Commercial District nomination form". May 9, 1979. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  4. "Anjac Fashion Buildings". Retrieved May 9, 2014.

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