Boyle Heights in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Sears Mail Order Building
— Catalog Warehouse —
Photographed By Craig Baker
1. Sears Mail Order Building Marker
This property has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Erected 2006 by United States Department of the Interior; and City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 788.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and the National Register of Historic Places series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.
Location. 34° 1.451′ N, 118° 13.24′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Boyle Heights. Marker is at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street, on the right when traveling east on Olympic Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2650 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90023, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Santa Fe 3751 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sixth Street Viaduct (approx. 0.9 miles away); Ford Factory Los Angeles (approx. 0.9 miles away); Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital (approx. one mile away); National Biscuit Company Building (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hollenbeck Park Bridge
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Regarding Sears Mail Order Building. The Sears, Roebuck & Company product distribution center was one of the company's mail-order catalog facilities, with a retail store on the ground floor. The building was used for mail order until 1992, when Sears closed the distribution center. The retail store on the ground floor closed in 2021 after nearly 94 years of operation.
In 1927, Sears, Roebuck & Company of Chicago built the nine-story building to be the mail-order distribution center for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states, constructed by Scofield Engineering Company. Architectural work was by George Nimmens Company. The building was one of nine Sears mail-order distribution centers built between 1910 and 1929.
The building has a total floor area of approximately 11 acres. Employees filled orders by roller-skating around the facility, picking up items and dropping them onto corkscrew slides for distribution by truck or rail. The building was one of the largest in Los
Photographed By Craig Baker, circa 2019
2. Sears Store and Mail Order Building
The vacant 1,800,000-square-foot complex has been the subject of several renovation proposals since the mid-1990s. Plans included condominiums and retail space; later plans call for low-income housing for 5,500 residents.
The building was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 788 in 2004, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Photographed By Craig Baker, June 1, 2021
3. Sears Mail Order Building
Photographed By Craig Baker, June 1, 2021
4. Sears Mail Order Building
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
