May Company Wilshire

E112368

Streamline Moderne building department store building historic landmark

May Company Wilshire is a historic Streamline Moderne department store building in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic gold-tiled cylinder and later adaptation into part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures complex.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
May Company Building, Wilshire	1
May Company Wilshire canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Streamline Moderne building ⓘ department store building ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ
adjacentTo	Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	May Company Building ⓘ Saban Building ⓘ
architect	Albert C. Martin Sr. ⓘ Samuel A. Marx ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Streamline Moderne ⓘ
category	Commercial buildings in Los Angeles ⓘ Former department store buildings in the United States ⓘ Streamline Moderne architecture in California ⓘ
city	Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	May Department Stores Company ⓘ
façadeColor	cream-colored ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ National Register of Historic Places contributing property ⓘ
laterUse	museum building ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood	Miracle Mile ⓘ
locatedOn	Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
location	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ
material	gold tile ⓘ limestone ⓘ
near	La Brea Tar Pits ⓘ Petersen Automotive Museum ⓘ
notableFeature	gold-tiled cylinder ⓘ rounded corner façade ⓘ
opened	1939 ⓘ
originalFunction	department store ⓘ
originalOwner	May Department Stores Company ⓘ surface form: May Company
partOf	Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ⓘ surface form: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures complex Museum Row on Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
renovatedFor	Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ⓘ
roofType	flat roof ⓘ
significantPeriod	mid-20th century retail era ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
streetAddress	6067 Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
use	exhibition space ⓘ offices ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures → formerBuildingName → May Company Wilshire ⓘ

Albert C. Martin Sr. → notableWork → May Company Wilshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: May Company Building, Wilshire