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Firestone Tire Center

 
 
Firestone Tire Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Baker
1. Firestone Tire Center Marker
Inscription.
Firestone Tire & Service Center
Built 1937
R.E. Ward, Engineer
2021 Landmark Award #121
Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
 
Erected 2021 by Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society. (Marker Number 121.)
 
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 series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.
 
Location. 34° 3.618′ N, 118° 20.675′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Mid-Wilshire. It is at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on La Brea Avenue. Located at All Season Brewing Company. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles CA 90036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Transverse Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, on the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western
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World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Highland Avenue Medians (approx. 0.4 miles away); When Mammoths Walked on Wilshire (approx. 0.6 miles away); Imagining Ice Age L.A. (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hancock Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); La Brea Tar Pits (approx. 0.7 miles away); Rancho La Brea (approx. 0.7 miles away); Different Types of Fossils (approx. 0.7 miles away); Chester Stock Ph.D. (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
 
Regarding Firestone Tire Center. In 2012 this building was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1020. It now houses the All Season Brewing Company. The Streamline Moderne building features horizontal lines, a curved corner, mustard-colored porcelain-covered steel panels, and red banding accents. It was built in 1937 for the Firestone Company and was in continuous use as a tire center until 2015.
 
Additional keywords. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1020,
 
Firestone Tire Center image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Baker
2. Firestone Tire Center
The marker is by the front door.
Firestone Tire Center image. Click for full size.
Public Domain
3. Firestone Tire Center
Before the tire center closed.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 34 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 18, 2026, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
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Sep. 29, 2026