# Outpost Building

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{{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](/source/Hollywood%2C_California) 
| coordinates = {{coord|34.1018|-118.3363|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Los Angeles 
| map_caption = Location of building in [Los Angeles County](/source/Los_Angeles_County)
| built                    = 1920 or 1927
| architect                = [E. Parcher](/source/E._Parcher) and/or [B. B. Horner](/source/B._B._Horner)
| architecture             = [Spanish Colonial Revival](/source/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture) [French Regency](/source/Regency_architecture) combination
| designated_nrhp_type     = April 4, 1985
}}

'''Outpost Building''' is a historic office building complex at 6701-6723 W. [Hollywood Boulevard](/source/Hollywood_Boulevard) in [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_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](/source/Arcadia_Publishing) |date=2009}}</ref> by [E. Parcher](/source/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](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior) - [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service) |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref> and/or [B. B. Horner](/source/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](/source/Hollywood_Boulevard_Commercial_and_Entertainment_District) was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places), with Outpost Building listed as a [contributing property](/source/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](/source/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture) and [French Regency](/source/Regency_architecture). Elements of Spanish Colonial Revival include a red tiled roof, bell tower, arched windows, and [wrought iron](/source/wrought_iron) balconies, while the building's French Regency elements include a [swan-necked pediment](/source/swan-necked_pediment) and stone [medallion](/source/medallion)s.<ref name=nrhp/>

The building's first floor interior originally contained studio shops, [mezzanine](/source/mezzanine) balconies, and 19-foot ceilings, all of which were modeled to resemble shops in [Madrid, Spain](/source/Madrid%2C_Spain).<ref name=images/> The lobby also contained [Art Deco](/source/Art_Deco) lamps, [terrazzo](/source/terrazzo) flooring, and a red tile stairway with a [wrought-iron](/source/wrought-iron) handrail.<ref>{{cite news |title=On Hollywood Boulevard, nothing goes by the book, especially what passes for culture |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/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](/source/Garry_Marshall)'s ''[Pretty Woman](/source/Pretty_Woman)'', the alleyway where a prostitute's dead body was found was filmed in the Outpost Building's lobby. ''[Dear God](/source/Dear_God_(film))'', also directed by Marshall, filmed in this location as well, as did the [sexploitation](/source/sexploitation) film ''[Angel](/source/Angel_(1984_film))''.<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>

==See also==
* [List of contributing properties in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District](/source/List_of_contributing_properties_in_the_Hollywood_Boulevard_Commercial_and_Entertainment_District)

==References==
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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

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