ID: 700009445 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009445	Record Type: Built Work
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Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre (multipurpose building; architects: Stiles Clements for Morgan, Walls & Clements; re...; 1930-1931; restoration began i...)

Note: High rise office complex housing a noted theater on the ground floors, located at Wilshire Boulevard and Western, at the western edge of the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Designed as a vaudeville house by architect Stiles O. Clements, large enough for moviegoers to see it from miles away. At 12 stories, which was the maximum height allowed at the time, the eight-sided structure was the tallest privately owned building in Los Angeles at the time. Its distinctive blue-green glazed terra-cotta tile was chosen by Pellissier's wife as a reminder of the green pastures that previously covered the land; the building itself was originally built on a sheep ranch owned by Germain Pellissier. The effort to save the landmark Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre was the LA Conservancy’s first major preservation success. Despite landmark status at the national and local levels, the building’s owner sought to demolish the Art Deco masterpiece in 1979.

Titles:

Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Pellissier Building (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

multipurpose building [300008067] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

theater (building) [300007117]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings)

office building [300007043]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

historic site [300000833]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

high-rise building [300004810]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: height>, multistory buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1930-1931; restoration began in 1981

Creator Display:

architects: Stiles Clements for Morgan, Walls & Clements; restoration developer: Wayne Ratkovich, architect: Brenda Levin; theater interior: G. Albert Lansburgh (American architect, 1876-1969) [preferred]

architect Clements, Stiles Oliver (American architect, 1883-1966) [500057225]

architectural firm Morgan, Walls and Clements (American architectural firm, contemporary) [500213669]

architect Levin, Brenda (American architect, contemporary) Extent: restoration [500082149]

developer Ratkovich, Wayne (American city planner, active late 20th century) [500098423]

Locations:

Los Angeles [7023900] (Geographic)

Address Note: 34.0611°N 118.3078°W; 3789 Wilshire Boulevard

Display Materials: high-rise, applied masonry exterior: clad in bright turquoise tile with gold accents

	masonry facing (process) [300262647]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, facing (process))

	high-rise construction (technique) [300418007]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	tile (material) [300010676]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>)

Dimensions: 12 stories; 155 ft (47 m) in height, originally 2,344 seats

Events:

landmark status: National Register of Historic Places, 1979

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Art Deco [300021426] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	turquoise (color) [300311024]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), chromatic colors, blue colors, variable blue colors) (AAT)

	vaudeville [300417842]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)

	motion pictures (visual works) [300136900]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	cinema (theater) [300007135]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, theaters (buildings), <theaters by function>) (AAT)

	offices (work spaces) [300004521]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, built work divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <work and instructional spaces>) (AAT)

	retail stores (built works) [300005361]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, commercial buildings, mercantile buildings, stores (built works), <stores by merchandising practice>) (AAT)

	theater (discipline) [300054148]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), theater arts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- accessed 30 May 2018
Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) in "Art Deco architecture in America ," accessed 30 May 2018
	........ Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017-
Pellissier Building	........ [VP]
	........ Fader, Wiltern Opened 80 Years Ago (2011)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- https://www.laconservancy.org/issues/wiltern-theatre-and-pellissier-building, accessed 30 May 2018
	..... Fader, Wiltern Opened 80 Years Ago (2011)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) Blecksmith, Anne, "Art Deco architecture in America"