Outpost Building

{{Short description|Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Outpost Building | nocat = yes | nrhp_type = cp | partof = Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District | partof_refnum = 85000704 | image = Outpost bldg.jpg | image_size = | caption = The building in 2024 | location = 6701-6723 W. Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California | coordinates = {{coord|34.1018|-118.3363|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Los Angeles | map_caption = Location of building in Los Angeles County | built = 1920 or 1927 | architect = E. Parcher and/or B. B. Horner | architecture = Spanish Colonial Revival French Regency combination | designated_nrhp_type = April 4, 1985 }}

'''Outpost Building''' is a historic office building complex at 6701-6723 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

==History== Outpost Building was built for Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Donnelly<ref name=images>{{cite book |title=Images of America – Hollywood 1940-2008 |first=Marc |last=Wanamaker |page=71 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hollywood_1940_2008/Cp7aLU53N54C |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=2009}}</ref> by E. Parcher<ref name=nrhp>{{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> and/or B. B. Horner.<ref name=images/> The building was completed either in 1920<ref name=nrhp/> or 1927.<ref name=images/><ref name=outpostbldg_website>{{Cite web |title=The Outpost Building |url=https://outpostbuilding.com/ |website=outpostbuilding.com |accessdate=October 9, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Outpost Building listed as a contributing property in the district.<ref name=nrhp/>

==Architecture and design== Outpost Building consists of two two-story buildings originally separated by a courtyard, then joined by a second story arcaded passage. The building features two competing architectural styles: Spanish Colonial Revival and French Regency. Elements of Spanish Colonial Revival include a red tiled roof, bell tower, arched windows, and wrought iron balconies, while the building's French Regency elements include a swan-necked pediment and stone medallions.<ref name=nrhp/>

The building's first floor interior originally contained studio shops, mezzanine balconies, and 19-foot ceilings, all of which were modeled to resemble shops in Madrid, Spain.<ref name=images/> The lobby also contained Art Deco lamps, terrazzo flooring, and a red tile stairway with a wrought-iron handrail.<ref>{{cite news |title=On Hollywood Boulevard, nothing goes by the book, especially what passes for culture |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Jack |last=Smith |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-24-vw-6194-story.html |date=June 24, 1987}}</ref>

==Filming location== In Garry Marshall's ''Pretty Woman'', the alleyway where a prostitute's dead body was found was filmed in the Outpost Building's lobby. ''Dear God'', also directed by Marshall, filmed in this location as well, as did the sexploitation film ''Angel''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Alleyway and The Blue Banana Club from “Pretty Woman” |url=https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2012/02/17/the-alleyway-and-the-blue-banana-club-from-pretty-woman/ |website=iamnotastalker.com |date=February 17, 2012 |author=Lindsay |language=en-US}}</ref>

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