Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building
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Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building
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Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, July 2013
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| Location | 7415 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 |
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| Coordinates | 34°4′35″N 118°21′3″W / 34.07639°N 118.35083°WCoordinates: 34°4′35″N 118°21′3″W / 34.07639°N 118.35083°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Curlett & Beelman |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 84000873 |
| LAHCM # | 275 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1984 |
| Designated LAHCM | 1984-01-14 |
The Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, also known as the AT Heinsbergen & Company Building, is a historic building on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The castle-like building was built in 1928 for noted muralist Anthony Heinsbergen (1894-1981), and designed by Curlett & Beelman in a Late Gothic Revival and Romanesque style. The building's notable features include the prominent cylindrical tower, a Renaissance-style mural in the tower arch, and the detailed friezes displaying artisans at work. At least 11 buildings designed by architect Claud Beelman have been listed on the National Register. The building was constructed while Heinsbergen was employed to create murals for Los Angeles City Hall, and he had his building on Beverly Boulevard built using bricks from the old city hall.
The building served as the office for Heinsbergen's mural-painting business for more than 50 years. Heinsbergen's company, called Heinsbergen Decorating Company or A.T. Heinsbergen & Company, employed 185 artist painters, and created murals for movie palaces and many important buildings, including the U.S. Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. and the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. In Los Angeles, Heinsbergen's murals can still be seen at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles City Hall, the Wiltern Theatre, the ceiling of El Portal de La Paz Mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier and the Park Plaza Hotel.
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