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Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 580
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building, 2008
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Location	4261 S. Central Ave., South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°0′23″N 118°15′21″W / 34.00639°N 118.25583°W / 34.00639; -118.25583
Built	1928
Architect	Garrott, James H.; Blodgett, Louis
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	98000712
LAHCM No.	580
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1998
Designated LAHCM	June 29, 1993

The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building was built in 1928 and for many years housed one of Los Angeles's most successful African American-owned businesses, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. The building is located in the heart of the city's Central Avenue commercial district that was a center of the jazz world in the 1930s and 1940s. The two-story building was designed by architect James H. Garrott and constructed by Louis Blodgett (both African Americans) in the Mission Revival style. The company occupied the second floor, while the first floor was rented out to local merchants. The noted Dunbar Hotel is located on the next block to the north.

In 1949, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company moved to its new headquarters at 1999 West Adams, now also an historic building. The structure was later converted into a child development center known as the Dunbar Child Development Center. In 1998, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
• Central Avenue

Notes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
3. "Blackpast.org / Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company". Blackpast.org. 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
4. Spurlock Wilson, Dreck (1994). African American Architects - A Biographical Dictionary 1865 to 1945. New York: Routeledge. ISBN 0-415-92959-8.

External links

• Blackartdepot.com: "Save the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company's Collection of African American Art" — Woodruff Alston murals.

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