Long a major attraction for residents and visitors, the first Hermosa
Beach Pier was built in 1904. It was a wooden trestle structure extending
500 feet into the ocean. Damaged by a storm in 1913, it was replaced
the following year with an . . . — — Map (db m205495) HM
The original Pier Avenue School was built in 1911
and was later destroyed by an earthquake in
1933. Reconstruction of the building began in 1934.
This building was home to the Pier Avenue School
from 1934-1975. It was later purchased to be
used . . . — — Map (db m205484) HM
The Hermosa Beach Police and Volunteer Fire Station, Jail, and
Courthouse were built here in 1916. The city hall and the
Marshal's office were moved here from the head of Pier Avenue
as well. Stories maintain that the jail cells were built . . . — — Map (db m205516) HM
In 1913, The First Bank of Hermosa Beach opened right here on
the southwest corner of Pier and Hermosa Avenues. The bank
was authorized by the US Government to print US paper currency.
Over $40,000 worth of $5 bills were printed and circulated . . . — — Map (db m205488) HM
The Bijou Theater, originally called The Metropolitan,
was built by Richard Douglas King and was first
opened in 1923. It is no longer used as a theater,
but has been seismically retrofitted and the
exterior saved as a historic building. — — Map (db m205511) HM
