The Southern California Gas Company Complex is a group of buildings on Flower Street in

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. The main building, completed in 1925, was designed in the

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. It was originally used as offices by the

Southern California Gas Company The Southern California Gas Company (trading as SoCalGas) is a utility company based in Los Angeles, California, and a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. It is the primary provider of natural gas to Los Angeles and Southern California. Overview Its ...

, but was later converted to

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. The six story extension at 820 S. Flower Street was designed by

Robert V. Derrah Robert V. Derrah was an American architect. His work included designs for the Crossroads of the World (1936), Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) and a 1942 extension on the Southern California Gas Company Complex. He died at the age of 51 in 1946 ...

in the

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style in 1942. The two concrete side sections curve into a recessed glass center.David Gebhard, Robert Winter. An architectural guidebook to Los Ángeles, revised 2003, p.243.
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in 2004.

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1920s architecture in the United States 1925 establishments in California Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles John and Donald Parkinson buildings Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Office buildings completed in 1925 Office buildings in Los Angeles Renaissance Revival architecture in California Residential buildings in Los Angeles {{LosAngeles-struct-stub

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