Long Beach Professional Building

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 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.

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

  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.