{"nrhp_refnum":"08001276","name":"Brockman Building and New York Cloak and Suit House (annex)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"520 W. 7th St. and 708 S. Grand Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.04696940700006,"lon":-118.25654861299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of connected commercial buildings at 520 W. 7th Street and 708 S. Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles: the twelve-story Brockman Building (1912) and the four-story New York Cloak & Suit House Annex (1917).","why_significant":"The buildings helped shift Los Angeles's retail center from Broadway to West Seventh Street (Criterion A), and they were developed by community leader and philanthropist John C. Brockman. They also represent high-quality Classical Revival and Romanesque Revival design by respected architects (Criterion C).","narrative":"At the corner of West 7th Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, two connected commercial buildings share a light court and a two-story base. The twelve-story Brockman Building, completed in 1912 for mining-fortune developer John C. Brockman, was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett in a Classical Revival style with brown brick, ivory terra cotta and a copper cornice. Its Annex, built in 1917 for the New York Cloak & Suit House women's clothing store, was designed by Dodd & Richards in a Romanesque Revival manner. Together they helped draw retail activity from Broadway to West Seventh Street, and the elaborate design was widely published to attract business. Terra cotta ornament includes scallop shells, palms and quatrefoils reflecting Brockman's Catholic faith. Between 2006 and 2008 the buildings were converted to 80 condominiums, with the base rebuilt and windows replaced, while the upper facades kept their historic character.","period_of_significance":"1912-1925","architect_builder":"Barnett, Haynes & Barnett; Dodd & Richards","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival, Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted in 2006-2008 into 80 condominiums; the exterior was largely retained with a rebuilt two-story base and replacement windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.826186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/08001276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001276/dd12e55a62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001276/dd12e55a62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brockman_Bldg_-_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brockman_Bldg_-_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockman_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4972846"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/brockman-building-and-new-york-cloak-and-suit-house-annex-08001276/"}