Bullock Wilshire Building

Place

Bullock’s Wilshire / Southwestern Law School

The former Bullock's Wilshire department store building is a spectacular gem that exemplifies the height of the Art Deco style in Los Angeles and beyond.

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3050 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California 90010
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Bullock Wilshire Building

Photo by Hunter Kerhart | Photo by Hunter Kerhart

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Bullock's Wilshire | Adrian Scott Fine / L.A. Conservancy
Bullocks Wilshire
1929: Bullocks Wilshire opens as a “cathedral of commerce” and the first department store designed to accommodate the automobile, with the main entrance in back next to a large parking lot and a stunning “porte cochere” (carport). | Los Angeles Public Library
Reproduced by Permission of the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
restored by Southwestern Law School. | Tom Owen Collection/Los Angeles Conservancy Archives
Tim Street-Porter
Tim Street-Porter
Anne Laskey
Bullocks Wilshire after opening | Bruce Boehner/LAC Archives
1928. | Tom Owen Collection/Los Angeles Conservancy Archives
first floor | Tim Street-Porter
Anne Laskey
Men's Department | Courtesy of Southwestern Law School
Southwestern Law School. | Mott/Merge Collection
Liz Reinhardt (Courtesy of Southwestern Law School)
Sportswear Department | Courtesy of Southwestern Law School
Southwestern Law Library in the restored space that once housed Sportswear. | Mott/Merge Collection
One of the beautifully restored Period Rooms that once housed Finer Apparel. | Courtesy of Southwestern Law School
Lalique light fixture custom-designed for Bullocks Wilshire. | Mott/Merge Collection
Detail from Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room menu. | Larry Falke (Courtesy of Southwestern Law School)
Tea Room restored to 1929 design; now dining space for Southwestern. | Larry Falke (Courtesy of Southwestern Law School)
before remodel. | LAC Archives
LAC Archives
Courtesy of Southwestern Law School
Mott/Merge Collection
Marble-lined Perfume Hall | Tim Street-Porter
Detail of porte cochere. | Tim Street-Porter
Hunter Kerhart
Bullocks Westwood (Welton Becket and Associates), 1951. | Los Angeles Public Library
Bullocks Wilshire
1993: The magnificent Bullocks Wilshire building at Wilshire and Westmoreland closes, its fate uncertain. Southwestern Law School purchases it the following year, completing a ten-year, $29 million restoration and adaptation. | Tim Street-Porter
Bullocks Wilshire
1929: Bullocks Wilshire opens as a “cathedral of commerce” and the first department store designed to accommodate the automobile, with the main entrance in back next to a large parking lot and a stunning “porte cochere” (carport). | Los Angeles Public Library
Hunter Kerhart
Bullocks Wilshire. | Hunter Kerhart
Bullock's Wilshire (2013) | Adrian Scott Fine / L.A. Conservancy
Bullock's Wilshire Cafeteria | Adrian Scott Fine / L.A. Conservancy
Art Deco Clock in Bullock's Wilshire | Adrian Scott Fine / L.A. Conservancy
1929 Mural by Herman Sachs in the porte cochere | Adrian Scott Fine / L.A. Conservancy