ID: 700009249 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009249	Record Type: Built Work
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Eastern Columbia Building (department store; Claude Beelman (American architect, 1883-1963); 1929; renovation in 2006, conv...)

Note: Headquarters of Eastern Outfitting Company and the Columbia Outfitting Company, completed shortly after construction.

Titles:

Eastern Columbia Building (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

department store (building) [300005344] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, commercial buildings, mercantile buildings, stores (built works), <stores by merchandising practice>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1929; renovation in 2006, converted to 147 condominiums

Creator Display:

Claude Beelman (American architect, 1883-1963) [preferred]

architect Beelman, Claude (American architect, 1883-1963, active in Los Angeles) [500404050]

Locations:

Los Angeles [7023900] Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 34.042751°N 118.256226°W; 849 S. Broadway, Los Angeles

Display Materials: exterior: gold and blue-green terracotta sheathing, copper spandrils, gold-stippled grilles above entrances

	architectural terracotta [300010670]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, terracotta (clay material))

	stippling [300053378]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)

	sheathing [300014900]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials)

	grilles (barrier elements) [300002015]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, barriers and barrier elements, barrier elements)

	spandrels (wall components) [300002665]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, wall components, <wall components by location or context>)

Dimensions: 13 stories; greatest height: 264 feet

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Art Deco [300021426] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	department store (building) [300005344]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, commercial buildings, mercantile buildings, stores (built works), <stores by merchandising practice>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Eastern Columbia Building	........ [VP]
	........ Gebhard and Winter, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles (2003) 251
	........ McMillan, Deco & Streamline Architecture in L.A. (2004) 93
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 10 March 2017

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Gebhard and Winter, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles (2003) 251

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- accessed 06 March 2017
	..... Gebhard and Winter, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles (2003) 251