Bradbury Building

  • Caption
    View of Exterior
    This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID plot.13725
    Date
    2005
Related person
George Herbert Wyman (was created by)
Date
1893 (creation)
Location
North and Central America->United States->California (CA)->Los Angeles (county)->Los Angeles
Description
The building has operated as an office building for most of its history; it also has some retail spaces on the first floor. The original designer may have been Sumner Hunt; Wyman worked for him as a draftsman. A restoration and seismic retrofitting by developer Ira Yellin and project architect Brenda Levin Associates was undertaken in 1991. The five-story central court features glazed brick, ornamental cast iron, tiling, rich marble, and polished wood, capped by a skylight that allows the court to be flooded with natural light. The building is known for its large use of ornately designed wrought-iron railings; the wrought-iron was executed in France and displayed at the Chicago World's Fair before being installed in the building. It is on the National Register.
Style/Period
Renaissance Revival (AAT)
Victorian (AAT)
Nineteenth century (LCSH)
Material
brick
glazed brick
marble
ceramic tile
cast iron
steel