Vickrey-Brunswig Building, 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Designed by prominent Los Angeles architect Robert Brown Young, it represents the rapid transformation of Los Angeles in the final quarter of the 19th century from an agricultural outpost during the Spanish and Mexican eras to populous, commercialized city with increasing regional importance. It was constructed in 1888 when the surrounding Plaza district shed its rural character and became the city's first central business district. The building reflects the continuous and evolving use of the 1825 site of the Spanish settlement of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, characterized as "the living composite story of Los Angeles from Indian times prior to 1781 through Spanish, Mexican and American periods." The building is a contributor to the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, listed in the National Register and located within El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1478
Survey number: HABS CA-2798
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction