Superior Oil Company Building

Superior Oil Company Building
The former Superior Oil Company Building, 2008
Location 550 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°3′1″N 118°15′22″W / 34.05028°N 118.25611°WCoordinates: 34°3′1″N 118°15′22″W / 34.05028°N 118.25611°W
Built 1955-1956
Architect Beelman, Claud; Simpson, William
Architectural style Modern
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 03000059 [1]
LAHCM # 686
Added to NRHP February 28, 2003

The Superior Oil Company Building, currently The Standard Downtown LA and previously the Bank of California Building, is a 12-story marble-clad highrise building located at 550 S Flower St in Downtown Los Angeles. Completed in 1956, the Modern architecture structure was designed by Claud Beelman and William Simpson, as an office building and headquarters for Superior Oil Company. The building's design featured motifs particular to Superior Oil, including stylized "S" door pulls for the entrances and a bas-relief-style metal sculpture of an oilfield and refinery landscape above the Flower Street entrance interior.

In 2002 it was sold and converted by Koning Eizenberg Architecture into The Standard Downtown LA. In 2003, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places based on its architecture.

The building entrance and exterior served as the fictional Brent Building in the television series Perry Mason (1957 to 1966) wherein Mason's office was located in Suite 904.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.

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