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The Homer Laughlin Building, at 317 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, is a landmark building best known for its ground floor tenant the Grand Central Market, the city's largest and oldest public market that sees 2 million visitors a year.
By 1896, Parkinson had designed the city's first Class "A" fireproof steel-frame structure: the Homer Laughlin Building at Third Street and Broadway. His 1901 Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn has been designated as a Historic Cultural Monument and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Homer Laughlin. Homer Laughlin was born in Little Beaver Creek, Columbiana, Ohio on March 23, 1843, the son of a miller, merchant and postmaster, Matthew Laughlin (1799–1876), [3] of Scotch-Irish descent, and Maria (née Moore; 1814–1888), [3] Homer Laughlin was educated at public schools and later at Neville Institute (now defunct).
Ville de Paris department store, Broadway btw. 2nd/3rd, 1901. Now a parking lot. Ville de Paris department store, Homer Laughlin Building on Broadway btw. 3rd/4th. Now Grand Central Market, probably late 1905 Ville de Paris department store, Seventh & Olive, 1916 New Ville de Paris department store on Seventh Street, sketch from November 1918 Seventh Street looking west from Broadway, 1917.
This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building (1928) Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building (1949) H. ... Homer Laughlin Building; Los Angeles Board of Trade Building;
By 1896, he had designed the city's first Class "A" fireproof, steel-frame building, the Homer Laughlin Building. His design for the 14-story Braly Block/Continental Building (1904) [ 6 ] was the first skyscraper built in Los Angeles.
The Homer Laughlin House was built by Homer Laughlin in 1882. The house is located in East Liverpool, Ohio. Laughlin was a prominent pottery manufacturer and founder of the Homer Laughlin China Company. [2] The house is unique in that it makes use of architectural terra cotta, produced in East Liverpool.