The Bryson Apartments (Los Angeles, California) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, apartment building, historic landmark

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California / Wilshire Boulevard, 2701
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, apartment building, historic landmark
2701 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057


Bryson Apartment Hotel is an historic ten-story apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard in the MacArthur Park section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1913 and designed by Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor in the Beaux Arts style, it was one of the most luxurious residential buildings in Los Angeles for many years. The building is also closely associated with the city's film noir history, having been featured in Raymond Chandler's works and the 1990 neo-noir The Grifters. The building's stone lions and large rooftop "Bryson" sign have become Los Angeles landmarks. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and designated a Historic Cultural Monument (HCM #653) by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in 1998.

Actor Fred MacMurray bought the Bryson in 1944 and owned it for 30 years. By 1977, the 10th floor, the centerpiece of the building with a ballroom, library, billiard-room and three enclosed loggias, was reported to have been stripped of its fine furnishings.

View of the building, ca. 1917: digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/chs-m17460.html

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  1. Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA)
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryson_Apartment_Hotel
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Coordinates:   34°3'41"N   118°16'56"W

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