{"nrhp_refnum":"91000635","name":"Washington Building","other_names":["Flatiron Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9720--9732 Washington Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Culver City","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.02183996700006,"lon":-118.39656112299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete commercial building with a triangular \"flatiron\" plan at 9720-9732 Washington Boulevard in downtown Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. It was commissioned in January 1926 and completed during the 1928 tax year.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion B for its association with Charles E. Lindblade, a real estate developer central to Culver City's growth. Under Criterion C, it is a fine example of \"Builder's\" Beaux Arts Classicism, linked visually to the city's emerging Civic Center buildings. Its flatiron shape also expresses the diagonal street layout of the 1913 City Plan, and it is perhaps the first poured reinforced concrete business building downtown.","narrative":"Occupying a wedge-shaped lot where Washington and Culver Boulevards cross at diagonals, this two-story reinforced concrete building in downtown Culver City is known as the Flatiron Building. Commissioned in 1926 by real estate developer Charles E. Lindblade and finished in 1928, it was designed by Arthur D. Scholz, with Orville L. Clark probably consulting. Seventeen tall semicircular-headed openings, scored walls imitating cut stone, pilasters, cartouches and rondels bearing George Washington's likeness give it a monumental, Beaux Arts character. Concrete construction cost about $30,000, unusually high for the city at the time, and it may be the first poured concrete business building downtown. Its triangular footprint reflects the 1913 City Plan, and its style ties it to the nearby City Hall, Fire Station and other civic buildings. Lindblade, a close associate of city founder Harry H. Culver, kept offices here until 1932, and the building also housed the post office from 1931 to 1940. The exterior remains largely intact, though the interior has been remodeled.","period_of_significance":"1926 - 1932","architect_builder":"LINDBLADE, CHARLES E.; SCHOLZ, ARTHUR D. (Designer); CLARK, ORVILLE L. (Probable Consulting Architect)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"In current use for business, specialty stores and a post office function; exterior largely intact with replacement aluminum sash (ca. 1987), while interior finishes are almost entirely modern.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.222229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/91000635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000635/ccc6ea19ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000635/ccc6ea19ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Eli Pousson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Building,_Culver_City.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Pousson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Building,_Culver_City.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859607","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133272906"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/washington-building-91000635/"}