Union Oil Building
From Towrs
Overview
What would otherwise be a rather unremarkable downtown office building is spiced up by a bit of texture. The exterior of this building features endless rows and columns of Chicago-style bay windows poking out into the Southern California breeze. The top and bottom two floors of the building lack this detail, forming a margin that makes the long end of the building resemble an old fashioned computer punch card.
This building started its service as the headquarters of the Union Oil Company. It held that role until 1923. After that became the A.G. Bartlett Building and as the Security Pacific Bank Building. Unfortunately, pedigrees don't mean as much these days as they once did so the building is now known merely by its street address.
Facts
- Construction finish: 1911
- Designed by: John Parkinson and Edwin Bergstrom
- Renovated: 2001
- Type: Office Building
- Stories: 12
- Maximum Height: 150 feet / 46 meters
Statistics
- Floor space: 218,016 square feet
- Elevators: Six
- Parking: 219 spaces
