Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building

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caption = Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, May 2008
location= 7415 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 4
lat_seconds = 35
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 3
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
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built =1928
architect= Curlett & Beelman
architecture= Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque
added = September 20 1984
governing_body = Private
refnum=84000873cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, also known as the A.T. 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.

Architecture

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 Rennaisance-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. [cite news|author=Ruth Ryon|title=Old Firm Keeps Young Remolding Past: Theaters and Hotels Among Its Major Restoration Projects|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1985-04-28 ("It is still in the castle-like building that its founder, Anthony B. Heinsbergen, had built on Beverly Boulevard in 1927 from the bricks of the old Los Angeles City Hall.")]

History

The building served as the office for Heinsbegen's mural-painting business for more than 50 years.cite news|author=Ruth Ryon|title=Old Firm Keeps Young Remolding Past: Theaters and Hotels Among Its Major Restoration Projects|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1985-04-28] 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, and the Park Plaza Hotel. After Heinsbergen died, his children continued to operate the business at the Beverly Boulevard building, in many cases working to restore murals that their father had designed decades earlier.

The building was later converted to retail space and is currently occupied by "Lloyd Klein Couture", the west coast store for New York fashion designer and "rising star" [http://www.lloydklein.com/ Lloyd Klein] . Klein's customers include Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Gwen Stefani and Kate Beckinsale. [cite web|title=Lloyd Klein: Rising Star |publisher=Fashion Windows|url=http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion_designers/lloyd_klein/default.asp] Though Klein's name is now prominently featured on the building, the name "Heinsbergen Decorating" is still seen above the door at the base of the tower.

The Heinsbergen Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

References