{"nrhp_refnum":"71000144","name":"Bradbury Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"304 S. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.050440615500065,"lon":-118.24779841101534,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-05-05","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A steel-framed commercial office building with brick walls and stone trim at 304 South Broadway, on the corner of Broadway and Third Street in Los Angeles, built in 1893 and designed by George C. Wyman.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine example of a multi-story building designed around a glass-roofed court, with art nouveau ironwork in open stairways, elevator cages and balcony rails. It is described as one of the last remnants of the Cast Iron Age and an early break with facade architecture. Its light-filled inner court is also valued as an aesthetic space in downtown Los Angeles.","narrative":"Occupying a corner at Broadway and Third Street in downtown Los Angeles, this 1893 office building was designed by George C. Wyman. It measures about 125 feet along Broadway and 188 feet along Third Street, with a steel frame, brick walls and stone trim. Offices wrap around an L-shaped interior court under a glazed roof, reached by open cast iron stairs with Italian marble treads and four tiers of balconies that narrow as they rise, letting more light reach the ground floor. Hydraulically operated elevators sit in open iron cages. The nomination presents the building as one of the last remnants of the Cast Iron Age and a descendant of Parisian iron-and-glass interiors. By treating the court walls as facades, the architect created a quiet inner street away from the city. Architecture students visit each year, and the court is often used as a film and television set. The form records it as unaltered and in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"20th Century","architect_builder":"George C. Wyman","architectural_style":"Art nouveau iron work in a glass-roofed court building","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied; present use is commercial. The form states the present and original appearance are identical.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.821972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000144.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000144/98f6ec66c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000144/98f6ec66c2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carol M. Highsmith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradbury_building_Los_Angeles_c2005_01383u.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol M. Highsmith</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradbury_building_Los_Angeles_c2005_01383u.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79000484","name":"Broadway Theater and Commercial District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/broadway-theater-and-commercial-district-79000484/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858975","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/bradbury-building-71000144/"}