Beverly Hills City Hall Gains Another Historic Status

The Beverly Hills City Council added three more Beverly Hills buildings to the city's Register of Historic Properties at its formal meetingTuesday night, including the City Hall.

As Curbed LA noted in a posting Tuesday:

Completed in 1932, the H-shaped building was the work of local architects Harry Koerner and William Gage and has been on the state register of historic places since the 1990s. According to the report prepared for the council (pdf) on the building's history, though it 'was labelled 'Spanish Renaissance' in early descriptions of it, the building suggests the Churrigueresque,' a Mexican colonial style of architecture 'distinguished by encrustations of intricately carved ornamentation concentrated around archways, columns, entries, window spandrels, cornices, parapets, and bell towers.'

Also gaining city protection as historic are the Fox Wilshire Saban Theater at 8440 Wilshire Blvd and the Locke House, at 801 N.Rodeo Drive.

The vote brings the total to 13 of properties on the city's Register of Historic Properties.

According to a city press release, the designation gives the city the ability to monitor proposed changes to the structures, including demolition.

The release says criteria for selection include associations with famous people, events or a noted architect. As in the case of City Hall, exemplifying a certain style can also be a factor.

Click through to read more about the city's historic preservation program.