Hellman/Quon Building -- Los Angeles Plaza Historic District -- Los Angeles, CA
N 34° 03.377 W 118° 14.346
11S E 385643 N 3769089
The Hellman/Quon Building is listed as a contributing building to the US National Register Los Angeles Plaza Historic District in downtown Los Angeles, CA
Waymark Code: WMQYBN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2016
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The US National Register Los Angeles Plaza Historic District comprises 42 acres inside the boundaries of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument in downtown Los Angeles. The National Register’s district is bounded by Spring Street, Macy Street, Alameda Street, and Arcadia Street.
The district encompasses La Iglesia Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles (more simply known as the Plaza Church), Olvera Street, Plaza Kiosko, and the Victorian-era buildings to the east, south and west of the church.
From the National Register Nomination form: (
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El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic District, the area where Los Angeles was founded and the hub of its growth during the Hispanic and American (19th Century) eras, retains a rich composite group of buildings as evidence of the blending ethnic groups and cultures which founded this City and shaped its subsequent growth.
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. . . . Today's Plaza area is the living composite story of Los Angeles' growth from Indian times prior to 1781 through Spanish, Mexican and American periods to become the nation's largest city on the Pacific basin. . . . "
The Hellman-Quon Building located within the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District is marked with a sign that reads as follows:
"HELLMAN/QUON BUILDING
1900
Formerly known as the Old Chinese Store, this building was constructed on the site of Gov. Pio Pico's townhouse by Isaias W Hellman, a prominent Los Angeles and San Francisco banker. After Hellman's death in 1920, the building was sold to Quon How Shing, a longtime tenant who owned it until it was acquired by the State in 1953. The building had interconnecting passages and was used by the Chinese for shops and lodgings. A button concealed under a window ledge on Plaza Street operated a, bell that alerted the occupants to the presence of (possibly) unwelcome guests. Between 1977 in 1978 the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department began to rehabilitate the building, but only completed the eastern half."