Long Beach Professional Building

The Long Beach Professional Building is a historic medical office building in downtown Long Beach, California added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Long Beach Professional Building
Long Beach Professional Building is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Long Beach Professional Building
Long Beach Professional Building is located in California
Long Beach Professional Building
Long Beach Professional Building is located in the United States
Long Beach Professional Building
Location117 E. 8th St., Long Beach, California
Coordinates33°46′36″N 118°11′32″W / 33.77667°N 118.19222°W / 33.77667; -118.19222
Arealess than one acre
Built1929
ArchitectLee, W. Douglas
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.05000773[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 2005

The eight-story Art Deco two-part vertical block building with its pink and black lobby was built in 1929. It was designed by architect William Douglas Lee.[2] It is particularly notable as the city's first large office building devoted exclusively to medicine. It is a cast-in-place concrete building.[3]

It is also credited for introducing elements commonly found in the so-called "WPA Moderne" style of the 1930s.

In 2018 the building was re-opened by owners, Global Premier Development, and now operates under the name Regency Palms as an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility run by Meridian Senior Living.

KTGY Architecture + Planning was responsible for the historic renovation.

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Long Beach Professional Building". National Park Service. p. 3.
  3. ^ "LONG BEACH PROFESSIONAL BUILDING". CA State Parks.
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