Jones Block (Los Angeles)

The Jones Block was an important early commercial and retail building in the Victorian Downtown Los Angeles on the west side of Spring Street just south of Temple Street, which stood from the 1870s through the 1920s.
The original single-story building was the location of the Herald newspaper's office as early as 1875. A second story was built in 1882 or -3. It was demolished in the 1920s to create the City Hall block.

Location

According to the pre-1890 numbering scheme, the Jones Block, although one building complex, had various discontinguous numbers for its various spaces: 71–73, 77–79, and 101–103 N. Spring Street.
According to the post-1890 numbering scheme which added 100 to the previous building numbers in order to start with the number 100 at First Street, the Jones Block was located at 171–179 and 201 N. Spring Street.

Tenants

Tenants included:

The Preuss & Pironi drugstore which advertised here at #77–79 in 1884 and 1885
The Los Angeles Herald offices steam printing plant, from 1875 or earlier, through 1888
Mr. J. W. Robinson's Boston Dry Goods store at #171–173, from 1886 to 1895. J. W. Robinson's would become a major regional department store chain across Southern California and other states.
The City of Paris department store at number 177 during its final few years of operation, c.1895–1897.