Resource Report

Historic Resource Summary

Names
Dallas Drive-In Cleaners (Primary)
Dallas Drive-In Cleaners (Historic)
10401 S WESTERN AVE (Alternative)
Important Dates
1952-01-01 (Built Date)
Images
Dallas Drive-In Cleaners - PHOTO
Resource Types
Object
Architect
Builder
Owner

Location Information

Addresses
10401 S WESTERN AVE Primary
10403 S WESTERN AVE Alternative
Location Description
No descriptions recorded
Administrative Areas
South Los Angeles Community Plan Area (Community Plan Area)
Los Angeles City Council District 8 (Council District)
EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS SOUTHWEST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (Neighborhood Council)
GRAMERCY PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD (Neighborhood)

Resource Description

Classification
Type: Commercial-Sign, Pylon, Pole, Stantion   Use: Historic        
Type: California OHP Resource Attribute - HP39. Other          
Features
No components recorded

Narrative Description

No description available
Alterations
No major alterations

Resource Significance

Evaluation Details

Date Evaluated
2012-01-06
Context/Theme
Commercial Development, 1850-1980
Commercial Signs, 1906-1980
Pylons, Poles, Stantions, and Billboards, 1920-1980
Commercial - Sign
Freestanding Pole
Eligibility Standards
  • May serve as a prototype for mass-produced corporate or chain-store logos
  • Often bear signs on both sides and may include other intersecting shapes and forms that jut from the primary structure at different angles
  • Pylons, poles, stantions, or towers support metal or plastic boxes (in varying dimensions and shapes), cutouts, spheres, statuary, or other three-dimensional forms
  • May support a combination of backlit plastic, incandescent bulbs, neon tubing, and/or fluorescent tubing
  • Evokes commercial ethos of its period through forms, typography, materials, and/or imagery
  • May exemplify design features of sans-serif modernism; scripted and slanted typefaces of post-World War II period; askew, modernist or “Googie” styled forms and features; thematic or exotic imagery; or bubble-type, psychedelic
  • Retains most of the essential character-defining features of its type
  • Usually freestanding steel poles, rectilinear stucco-faced pylons, towers, or stantions that extend vertically, separate from and usually (especially in post-World War II years) rising to a height above that of the building it advertises
  • Evokes iconic cultural associations with period- or regionally specific commercial establishments, personae, or multiple-family residential properties, and/or is an excellent example of an architectural style or promotional technique from its period
  • Originally constructed as freestanding support for advertisements to be read from a distance by moving audiences
    • Integrity Aspects
    Association
    Feeling
    Workmanship
    Materials
    Design
    Location
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    3S
    3CS
    5S3
    Significance Statement
    Intact freestanding commercial sign dating to the 1950s. Iconic design features tie it to its period of development. Evaluation pertains to the sign only, and not the accompanying building.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1952-01-01

    External References

    External System References

    SurveyLA ID: 30693e42-cda1-45ca-aff8-14bfec725129
    Property Identification Number: 090A193 85
    Property Identification Number: 090A193 85
    House ID: 410617

    Related Resources

    Related Historic Resources

    None

    Related Historic Districts

    None

    Related Activities

    SurveyLA - South Los Angeles Survey (was assessed in / assessed)

    Related Historic Events

    None

    Related People/Organizations

    Architectural Resources Group (Surveying Firm, was surveyed by / surveyed)

    Related Information Resources

    Images
    Documents
    SurveyLA: South Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey Report (Document/Text, is referred to in / refers to)

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