Art Deco Building
One of a number of small-scale Art Deco commercial buildings in downtown Long Beach which recall the City’s economic growth in the twenties and early thirties is called, simply, the Art Deco Building. The small, two-story commercial building has three stores with recessed entryways and colored tile bases. The facade is grouped into three sections by fluted piers. The second story windows are capped with chevrons and covered with ornate Art Deco metal grilles. One source goes so far as to say that “this building is one of the finest Art Deco buildings in downtown Long Beach, an excellent and intact example of that style.” The building was designed by locally prominent architect George D. Riddle and built in 1930 by J.D. Sherer & Son. The Art Deco Building is a City of Long Beach Historic Landmark.
Long Beach, Los Angeles County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt