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NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2022 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: __Fairfax Theatre____DRAFT_____________________________ Other names/site number: __Fairfax Theater, Fairfax Theatre Building_________________ Name of related multiple property listing: __N/A_________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: __7901-09 Beverly Boulevard, 301-21 Fairfax Avenue____________ City or town: _Los Angeles______ State: _California_____ County: _Los Angeles________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Fairfax Theatre Los Angeles, California Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Fairfax Theatre Los Angeles, California Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______1______ _____________ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects ______1______ ______0_______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE: theater COMMERCE: restaurant COMMERCE: specialty store COMMERCE: professional HEALTHCARE: medical business/office HEALTHCARE: clinic ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) COMMERCE: specialty store COMMERCE: professional HEALTHCARE: medical business/ office ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Fairfax Theatre Los Angeles, California Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) MODERN MOVEMENT: Art Deco ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: __Concrete______________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Fairfax Theatre is a mixed-use building consisting of a cinema triplex, retail shops, and second floor offices. The Art Deco style building, completed in 1930, is rectangular in plan with a flat roof and two primary façades at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The building is constructed of poured-in-place reinforced concrete and varies in height from one story to four stories. The primary façades utilize a repeating angled motif along the roofline parapet, which creates a strong zig-zag aesthetic typical of Art Deco architecture. The primary façades are not flat; the zig-zag element projects outward from the common plane of the façade. The building retains all aspects of historic integrity. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Fairfax District: SurveyLA’s Beverly-Fairfax Commercial Planning District The theater building is located at the southern gateway to the Beverly-Fairfax Commercial Planning District, a two-block-long stretch along North Fairfax Avenue that is a major north- south commercial corridor in the Beverly-Fairfax neighborhood of central Los Angeles. SurveyLA, the citywide historic resources inventory, identified the Fairfax Theatre as a Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Fairfax Theatre Los Angeles, California Name of Property County and State contributor to SurveyLA’s Beverly-Fairfax Commercial Planning District in 2015, and eligible for listing at the state and local level as an excellent example of a 1930s neighborhood movie theater, in the Art Deco style, with associated commercial storefronts.1 An early neighborhood commercial corridor in the Beverly-Fairfax area of central Los Angeles, the planning district is composed of retail storefronts primarily dating from the 1930s and the 1940s and is characterized by its pedestrian scale and orientation. This planning district spans two tracts, both subdivided in 1923 as the commercial strip for adjacent residential neighborhoods east and west of Fairfax Avenue. Lots were fifty feet wide and backed by alleys. This part of Fairfax Avenue was not paved until 1919, and substantial development did not begin until the 1930s, continuing through the 1950s. The planning district is located between Rosewood Avenue to the north and Beverly Boulevard to the south, in an area featuring a regular, rectilinear street grid. This section of Fairfax Avenue emerged as a major Jewish commercial district. It is composed primarily of one-story retail storefronts, flush with the sidewalk, along both sides of the street; a few of the lots are used for parking. Institutional buildings, including a Jewish temple and a senior center, are located in the district as well. Building features consist of large display windows and original projecting signage, including the Leader Building neon sign (Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #667). Features include original concrete sidewalks and palm trees planted in the 1980s. Shops are primarily accessed at their street-facing façades, with little or no parking at the rear. Common alterations consist of window and door replacements, and storefront alterations. The residential neighborhoods to the east and west were associated with the Jewish community beginning in the late 1920s to early 1930s, and Fairfax Avenue emerged as a major Jewish commercial center after World War II. In the postwar years, kosher delis, restaurants, and Jewish bakeries were numerous on Fairfax Avenue. Several long-time businesses, including Canter’s Delicatessen, Solomon’s Bookstore, Bargain Fair, and Diamond Bakery, are still in operation. EXTERIOR The elevation lining Beverly