1 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 1 — Garden Court Apartments — 7021 Hollywood Blvd —

On this site, from 1919 to 1984, stood the Garden Court Apartments. The magnificent Beaux Arts style building boasted two lavish ballrooms, a billiards room, tennis courts and a pool, with Persian-style carpets and baby grand pianos in every . . . — — Map (db m231669) HM

2 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 2 — C. C. Brown’s Ice Cream — Birthplace of the Hot Fudge Sundae — Hollywood Historic Site #2 —

As the birthplace of the hot fudge sundae, C.C.Brown's was a Hollywood landmark. It was located at this site from 1929 to 1996 and was popular with celebrities who dropped in after movie premieres at the Chinese Theatre. Fans lined up outside . . . — — Map (db m170020) HM

3 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 3 — Chinese Theatre — The Most Famous Movie House in the World — 6925 Hollywood Blvd —

The most famous movie house in the world, built by acclaimed showman Sid Grauman. Actress Anna Mae Wong drove the first rivet in the steel girders when construction began in 1925, and the theatre opened with the premiere of Cecil B. . . . — — Map (db m170065) HM

4 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 5 — Hollywood First National Bank — Hollywood Historic Site #5 — 6777 Hollywood Blvd. —

When constructed in 1927, this was the tallest office building in Los Angeles. The architects, Meyer and Holler, also designed the Chinese Theatre. A fanciful combination of Gothic and Art Deco, the towering spire, buttresses, and motif of "the . . . — — Map (db m231709) HM

5 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 7 — The Montmartre Cafe — Hollywood Historic Site #7 —

Hollywood's first nightclub opened on the second floor in 1922. Its motto was "Where everyone goes to see and be seen." Patrons included Buddy Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies, Rudolph Valentino, Fatty Arbuckle, Gloria Swanson, Winston . . . — — Map (db m231698) HM

6 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 8 — Musso and Frank Grill — Hollywood Historic Site #8 — 6667 Hollywood Blvd. —

Hollywood's oldest restaurant opened at this location in 1919. Columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons conducted interviews here, and Charlie Chaplin was also a frequent visitor. Writers such as Dash Hammet, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, F. . . . — — Map (db m235274) HM

7 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 9 — Baine Building — Hollywood Historic Site #9 — 6605 Hollywood Blvd. —

The most elegant Spanish Revival building in the Historic District was built in 1926. It features delicate wrought iron balconies, deeply inset bulls-eye windows and a stylish tower. Of special note are the second story windows which appear to be . . . — — Map (db m235272) HM

8 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 10 — Janes House — Hollywood Historic Site #10 — 6541 Hollywood Blvd —

Built in 1903, this is the last remaining Victorian home on Hollywood Blvd. It is typical of the mansions along the Boulevard in the early 1900s, before the street became a bustling commercial district. From 1911 to 1926, the three Janes sisters . . . — — Map (db m183094) HM

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9 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 13 — Warner Hollywood Theatre — Hollywood Historic Site #13 — 6423 Hollywood Blvd —

The Warner Hollywood Theatre was built in 1928 to be the crown jewel of Warner Bros. West Coast movie houses, with Sam Warner overseeing construction but dying before it was completed (his ghost is said to haunt the building). Entertainer . . . — — Map (db m169952) HM

10 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 14 — Security Trust and Savings — Hollywood Historic Site #14 — 6381 - 6385 Hollywood Blvd. —

This imposing Italian Renaissance Revival structure with its Romanesque window arches was built in 1920. It was a power center of the entertainment industry and is still used by the industry today. Wyatt Earp, Charlie Chaplin, the Three Stooges, . . . — — Map (db m231701) HM

11 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 16 — Knickerbocker Hotel — 1714 Ivar Avenue —

Originally conceived as a luxury apartment project, the building was converted into a hotel and officially opened in 1929. In the 1930s, its Lido Room was a popular hangout for celebrities including director D.W. Griffith and entertainers . . . — — Map (db m235258) HM

12 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 16 — Guaranty Building — Hollywood Historic Site #16 — 6331 Hollywood Blvd —

This Beaux Arts office building was where famous entertainment columnist Hedda Hopper hung her hat. Built in 1923, it was one of several “palaces” of commerce along the Boulevard and was the second building on the Boulevard to meet the . . . — — Map (db m173414) HM

13 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 18 — Hollywood Playhouse — 1735 Vine Street — The Palace —

This Spanish Baroque style building designed by architects Henry L. Gogerty and Carl Jules Weyl opened as the Hollywood Playhouse in 1927. In 1943, it was renamed the El Capitan Theatre (not to be confused with the theater on Hollywood . . . — — Map (db m238894) HM

14 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 19 — Capitol Records Tower — 1750 Vine Street —

The world's first circular office structure was designed to resemble a stack of 45 rpm records. Artists recording in its studios since its completion in 1956 have included such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Dean . . . — — Map (db m167282) HM

15 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 22 — Taft Building — 1680 Vine Street —

Built in 1924 by Hollywood's Taft family, the Taft Building was designed by architecture firm Walker & Eisen in the Neo-Classical style and became the city's first high-rise. It housed the offices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and . . . — — Map (db m231851) HM

16 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — Site of the Vine Street Brown Derby — Hollywood Historic Site — 1628 Vine Street — Reported permanently removed

The most famous Hollywood restaurant of its day, the Brown Derby opened Valentine's Day, 1929. Owner Robert Cobb was also the inventor of the Cobb Salad. He originated furnishing telephones at tables during mealtime. Celebrities’ popularity was . . . — — Map (db m167873) HM

17 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 24 — Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. — 1520 Vine St. at Selma Ave. —

The southeast corner of Selma and Vine St. was where the first feature-length motion picture in Hollywood, The Squaw Man (1914), was filmed. To do so, Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish rented real estate mogul Jacob . . . — — Map (db m231858) HM

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18 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 26 — Wallichs Music City — 1501 N Vine Street —

Wallichs Music City, the world's largest specialty record store at the time, operated here on the corner of Sunset and Vine Street from 1940 to 1978. It was the first music store to seal records in cellophane and put them in display . . . — — Map (db m231855) HM

19 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 27 — TAV Celebrity Theater — 1529-1559 N. Vine Street —

Originally built as the Hollywood Recreation building, which housed a bowling alley, the building was converted to the TAV Celebrity Theatre and broadcast Tom Breneman's Breakfast in Hollywood, one of radio's most popular audience . . . — — Map (db m231857) HM

20 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 29 — Hollywood Plaza Hotel — 1637 Vine Street —

One of four major hotels built in Hollywood in the 1920s, the Hollywood Plaza Hotel was erected by Hollywood pioneer Jacob Stern in 1925. Its luxurious bar-restaurant soon became a film industry hangout. In 1931, the Russian Eagle Café . . . — — Map (db m231852) HM

21 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 31 — Owl Drug/Julian Medical — Hollywood Historic Site — 6380 - 6384 Hollywood Blvd. —

This site was part of the original 160 acres that developer Harvey Henderson Wilcox and his wife Daeida named "Hollywood." After Harvey's death, Daeida married into the Beveridge family, who commissioned this building around 1906 and named it . . . — — Map (db m231861) HM

22 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 31 — Raymond Chandler Square — Hollywood Historic Site #31 — Hollywood Blvd at Cahuenga —

Gangsters, showgirls, filthy rich women, scam artists and a savvy private detective by the name of Philip Marlowe haunt this intersection. They were the characters in a series of mystery novels written by Raymond Chandler, who designated a . . . — — Map (db m231667) HM

23 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 33 — Hollywood Studio Building — 6554 Hollywood Boulevard —

A fine example of Spanish Colonial Revival design, this building was designed by Gogerty & Weyl and erected in 1927. Above the doorway and extending to the second floor, it features ornamental decoration known as Churrigueresque design, . . . — — Map (db m254721) HM

24 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 33 — S.H. Kress Department Store — Hollywood Historic Site — 6608 Hollywood Blvd. —

Built in 1935 in the Art Deco style as a S.H. Kress Department Store. In 1947, Frederick Mellinger moved his lingerie business, Frederick's of Fifth Avenue, from New York, to its new West Coast location here, creating Frederick's of Hollywood. He . . . — — Map (db m235262) HM

25 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 35 — The Cherokee Building — 6646 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood Historic Site #35 —

The Cherokee Building was Hollywood's first drive-in business. It catered specifically to the automobile by having a large motor entrance at the rear of the building, where motorists could park before walking through a Spanish courtyard . . . — — Map (db m235280) HM

26 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 35 — Hollywood Center Building — Hollywood Historic Site #35 — Hollywood Blvd. at Cherokee —

The first home of the Screen Actors Guild was located here (1933 to 1936) in a one-room office on the second floor. The Writers Guild of America also had its first office here. "Albert Sheetz's Circus Café," a glamorous underground cocktail . . . — — Map (db m235279) HM

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27 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 36 — Egyptian Theatre — Hollywood Historic Site #36 — 6712 Hollywood Blvd —

Sid Grauman's first Hollywood movie palace opened in 1922 with the premiere of Douglas Fairbanks' "Robin Hood". Egyptian "sentries" patrolled the roofline while "harem girls" ushered patrons to their seats. The Egyptian was the birthplace of the . . . — — Map (db m231678) HM

28 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 38 — The Pig ‘n Whistle — 6714 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood Historic Site #38 —

Sidney Hoedemaker opened Hollywood's first family restaurant in 1927. Part of a restaurant chain in Southern California with the popular "dancing flute-playing pig" motif, the restaurant featured rich, hand-carved wood décor and had an . . . — — Map (db m125716) HM

29 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 38 — The Christie Hotel — Hollywood Historic Site #38 — 6724 Hollywood Blvd. —

Built in 1922, the Christie Hotel was the first of Hollywood's luxury hotels. It offered a stylish innovation, private baths, a first in the community. The Georgian-styled architecture is not common to this area. Arthur B. Kelley was the . . . — — Map (db m231703) HM

30 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 39 — Hollywood Theatre — Hollywood Historic Site #39 — 6764 Hollywood Blvd. —

This was originally the Hollywood Theatre, the second movie house in Hollywood and oldest still standing. It was remodeled to its Art Deco appearance in 1938. At the time it opened in 1913, general admission was 10 cents, loge seats were . . . — — Map (db m231707) HM

31 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 40 — C.E. Toberman Co. Building — Hollywood Historic Site #40 — 6780 Hollywood Blvd —

Originally a four-story building, the Classical facade was added in the 1920s. In 1935, the top three stories were removed to create the building as it is today. Hollywood's most prolific builder, C.E. Toberman, established his first office in . . . — — Map (db m231705) HM

32 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 42 — Max Factor Building — 1668 Highland Ave —

In 1928, legendary Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor purchased this building, designed by architect S. Charles Lee in the Hollywood Regency Art Deco style, with plans to house the Max Factor Hollywood Makeup Studio. Due to the Great . . . — — Map (db m167871) HM

33 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 42 — El Capitan Theatre — Hollywood Historic Site #42 — 6834 Hollywood Blvd —

The most lavish of four Hollywood Blvd. theatres designed for live performances opened in 1926, featuring stars such as Joan Fontaine, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Lon Chaney, Jr, Buster Keaton, Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Will Rogers. It . . . — — Map (db m167869) HM

34 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 43 — The Masonic Temple — Hollywood Historic Site #43 — 6840 Hollywood Blvd. —

The Masonic Temple, a Neoclassic Revival design built in 1921, was the work of John C. Austin, who also designed L.A. City Hall. The memorial service for silent film director D.W. Griffith, considered the father of American movies, was held at . . . — — Map (db m231710) HM

35 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 44 — Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel — Hollywood Historic Site #44 — 7000 Hollywood Blvd — Reported permanently removed

Built in 1927 by a group of celebrities that included Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Louis B. Mayer. Site of the first Academy Awards in 1929. A hideaway for Clark Gable and Carol Lombard. Marilyn Monroe did her first commercial shoot by the . . . — — Map (db m167870) HM

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36 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 45 — The Johnny Grant Building — Hollywood Historic Site #45 — 7018 - 7024 Hollywood Blvd. —

In 1995, this building was named in honor of Johnny Grant, Hollywood's long-time honorary mayor, Walk of Fame chairman, and good will ambassador. Built in 1919, it housed the Meglin Dance Studio and later the Arthur Murray Dance Studio on . . . — — Map (db m232574) HM

37 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 47 — Hollywood Professional Building — 7046 Hollywood Blvd. —

This five-story building, designed by architect Richard D. King, was built by Hollywood pioneer developer C.E. Toberman in 1925. In 1928, the final three stories were added to the Gothic-style structure. After moving out of the Roosevelt . . . — — Map (db m231670) HM

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