Board of Trade Building
historic place
The Board of Trade Building, located at the northwest corner of Main and Seventh Streets in Downtown Los Angeles, is a significant historic place. It opened in 1929. Architects Claud Beelman and Alexander Curlett designed the building in the Beaux Arts style with Neoclassical influence. Upon its completion, the building encompassed 230,000 square feet of space and included fourteen stores on its ground floor. Beginning in January 1930, it served as the headquarters for the new California Stock Exchange. The exchange's trading floor, located on the second story, was patterned after the New York Stock Exchange and designed to accommodate 300 brokers. The Board of Trade Building was also notable for being the first on the Pacific Coast to feature automated elevators. In 2008, the Board of Trade Building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, like many historic structures in downtown Los Angeles, it has been converted into live/work lofts. The building reflects a period of significant commercial and architectural development in Los Angeles.