The Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, also known as the AT Heinsbergen & Company Building, is a historic building on

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. It was listed on the

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in 1984.

Architecture

The castle-like building was built in 1928 for noted muralist Anthony Heinsbergen (1894-1981), and designed by Curlett & Beelman in a Late Gothic Revival and Romanesque style. The building's notable features include the prominent cylindrical tower, a Renaissance-style mural in the tower arch, and the detailed friezes displaying artisans at work. At least 11 buildings designed by architect

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have been listed on the National Register. The building was constructed while Heinsbergen was employed to create murals for

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, and he had his building on Beverly Boulevard built using bricks from the old city hall.

History

The building served as the office for Heinsbergen's mural-painting business for more than 50 years. Heinsbergen's company, called Heinsbergen Decorating Company or A.T. Heinsbergen & Company, employed 185 artist painters, and created murals for movie palaces and many important buildings, including the U.S. Department of Commerce Building in

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, the Witkin Library & Courts Building in

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, and the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in

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. In Los Angeles, Heinsbergen's murals can still be seen at the

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, the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel,

, the

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, the ceiling of El Portal de La Paz Mausoleum at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier and the Park Plaza Hotel. After Heinsbergen died, his children continued to operate the business at the Beverly Boulevard building, in many cases working to restore murals that their father had designed decades earlier. The Heinsbergen Building was listed on the

in 1984. The building was later converted to retail space and was occupied by "Lloyd Klein Couture", the West Coast store for New York fashion designer Lloyd Klein. Klein's customers include

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and

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. Though Klein's name was prominently featured on the building, the name "Heinsbergen Decorating" is still seen above the door at the base of the tower. After 12 years at the Beverly Hills location on Robertson, fashion designer

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's Flagship Salon has moved and now occupies the Heinsbergen Building and is officially open as of July 10, 2013.

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