Davis Building (Los Angeles, California)

Davis Building is a historic two-story building at 6679-89 W. Hollywood Boulevard, on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue, in Hollywood, California.

History

Davis Building was built in either 1914 or 1925.
In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with 6679 Hollywood Boulevard listed as a contributing property in the district.
In 1998 the building was sold for $2.25 million, and in 2007, it was sold again, for $3 million.

Architecture and design

Davis Building is built of brick and features a simplified Beaux Arts Vernacular style that contains a stringcourse separating the first and second stories, upper story windows grouped in twos and threes, and is capped by a heavy classical cornice supported by scroll brackets.