The Cherokee Building is a historic two-story commercial structure located at 6630 W. Hollywood Boulevard and 1652 N. Cherokee Avenue in Hollywood, California .
5-481: The Cherokee Building was built by Norman W. Alpaugh in 1929 and features a Spanish Colonial Revival design. The building was Hollywood's first drive-in business, and it catered to the automobile by having a large motor entrance at the rear of the building where motorists could park and enter, rather than entering from the street. One of the Cherokee Building's original tenants was a hair salon that acted as
10-442: A tiled roof, Moorish arches , a brick patio with a tiled fountain as its focal point , Churrigueresque and wrought iron ornamentation, and ornamental medallions . Cherokee Building tenants Boardner's and Larry Edmunds Bookstore are popular film locations. Norman W. Alpaugh Norman Walton Alpaugh (1885–1954) was a Canadian architect known for his work in and around Los Angeles, California . Norman Alpaugh
15-488: A front for a Prohibition-era illegal card club and gambling speakeasy . In the 1930s, Gene Austin opened a nightclub in the building, and that business was followed by several bars , including a gay bar . In 1944, the bar changed to Boardner's , whose name has remained ever since. In 1938, Larry Edmunds Bookshop moved into one of the building's storefronts. In the 1960s and 70s, several clothing stores popular with rock musicians were located in this building. In 1984,
20-565: The Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places , with Cherokee Building listed as a contributing property in the district. In 1993, the building was sold for $ 2.76 million. The Cherokee Building was built with concrete in an L-shaped configuration. The building features a Spanish Colonial Revival design, one that includes an elaborate stringcourse ,
25-504: Was born on September 1, 1885, married Gertrude Belleau Sheetz in 1912, and died on November 15, 1954. He and his wife had at least one son, also named Norman Walton Alpaugh, born in 1914. Norman Alpaugh began his career in Toronto in 1906, where he formed a partnership with Charles M. Willmot in 1909. In 1911, he worked briefly in Regina, Saskatchewan before moving to Los Angeles in 1912. He
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