O.T. Johnson Block | |
.jpg) The building in 2025 | |
  Location of building inLos Angeles County | |
| Location | 350 S.Broadway,Los Angeles, California |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°02′59″N118°14′56″W / 34.0498°N 118.2489°W /34.0498; -118.2489 |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Robert Brown Young |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Part of | Broadway Theater and Commercial District (ID79000484) |
| Significant dates | |
| Designated CP | May 9, 1979[1] |
| Delisted CP | April 12, 2002[2] |
O.T. Johnson Block, also known asO.T. Johnson Block #4,[3] is a former three-story building located at 350 S.Broadway in theBroadway Theater District in thehistoric core ofdowntown Los Angeles.
O. T. Johnson block was designed as an office building byRobert Brown Young forO. T. Johnson and built byNathaniel Dryden between 1893 and 1895.[1][3][4]
In 1979, theBroadway Theater and Commercial District was added to theNational Register of Historic Places, with O.T. Johnson Block listed as acontributing property in the district.[1] The building was delisted in 2002 when the district was updated to include an expansion. The delisting notes that the building was entirely covered and that it was unclear what of the original building remained under the covering.[2]
O.T. Johnson Block andits neighbor caught fire in 2007. At the time, both buildings were owned by Eli Sasson with their ground floors occupied by retail and vacant floors above. According to Sasson, the fire rendered the buildings unsafe and they would have to be demolished.[5] The building was still boarded up as of 2018.[6]
O.T. Johnson Block is built ofbrick andiron with astone facing and features anItalianate design that includes pairedfluted columns andarched windows. The building originally featured aparapet withballastrade, but it was removed sometime before 1979.[1]
By 2002, the building had been entirely covered in metalsiding that resembledwood shingles.[2] The siding was removed after the building caught fire in 2007, revealing the building's long-hidden details.[5]