Baine Building

{{Short description|Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Baine Building | nocat = yes | nrhp_type = cp | partof = Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District | partof_refnum = 85000704 | image = Baine bldg 2.jpg | image_size = | caption = The building in 2024 | location = 6601 W. Hollywood Blvd. and 1709 Whitley Ave., Hollywood, California | coordinates = {{coord|34.1019|-118.3336|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Los Angeles | map_caption = Location of building in Los Angeles County | built = 1926 | architect = Henry L. Gogerty<br>Carl Jules Weyl | architecture = Spanish Colonial Revival | designated_nrhp_type = April 4, 1985 }}

'''Baine Building''', also known as '''Baine Studio Building''', is a historic building located at 6601 W. Hollywood Boulevard and 1709 Whitley Avenue in Hollywood, California.

== History == thumb|The building in 1927

Baine Building was built in 1926 by architecture firm Gogerty & Weyl, the duo also responsible for the nearby Fred C. Thomson Building and Palace Theater. This three-story building was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with Merchants National Trust and Savings Bank occupying the first two floors and building owner Harry M. Baine's penthouse on the third.<ref name=waterandpower3>{{Cite web |title=Early Views of Hollywood (1920 +) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Hollywood_(1920_+)_3_of_12.html |page=3 |publisher=Water and Power Associates |accessdate=July 8, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Baine Building listed as a contributing property in the district.<ref name=NRHS1>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Architecture== thumb|Wrought iron grillwork, Churrigueresque ornament

The United States Department of the Interior considers Baine Building a prime example of Spanish Colonial Revival. Elements of the style featured include a red tiled roof, smooth facade, wrought iron grillwork and balconies, Churrigueresque ornament, and a corner tower. The building itself is made of reinforced concrete and stucco, with ornamental pilasters, arched windows, deeply inset bulls-eye windows, and an elaborate scallop corner entrance. The second story windows, while appearing stationary, turn on a central pivot.<ref name=NRHS1/><ref name=hmdb>{{Cite web |title=Baine Building - Hollywood Historic Site |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235272 |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |accessdate=July 8, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==

The Whitley Building at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was modeled after the Baine Building and named after Whitley Avenue, the cross street the Baine Building is located on.<ref name=waterandpower3/><ref name=yesteryear>{{Cite web |title= Real Buildings that Inspired Disney’s California Adventure, Part 2 |url=https://yesterland.com/replicas-dca2.html |website=yesterland.com |date=January 18, 2008 |author=Werner Weiss |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Category:1920s architecture in the United States Category:Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Los Angeles Category:Buildings and structures in Los Angeles Category:Revival architecture in the United States Category:Hollywood Boulevard Category:Historic district contributing properties in California