Guaranty Building (Hollywood, California)
# Guaranty Building (Hollywood, California)

Guaranty Building is a high-rise Beaux Arts office building located at 6331 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1923 and was designed by John C. Austin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1979. The building is currently owned by the Church of Scientology.

## History

According to the file on the building published by the National Register of Historic Places, the reasoning for giving the building a landmark status is as follows: “The Guaranty Building has played a major role in the commercial development of this area. As a key financial institution, the Guaranty Building is a fine example of the use of a neo-classical architectural expression to project the desired "conservative" image. The northeast corner of Ivar Street and Hollywood Boulevard has always occupied a special place in the social and economic history of Hollywood. Part of the original Hollywood ranch owned by Horace and Daeida Wilcox, the corner became the first permanent site of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood in 1910. The Guaranty Building and Loan Association paid the church $2000 per front foot for the site in 1923, and proceeded to erect the twelve story Guaranty Building, one of the first height-limit (150 feet) buildings on Hollywood Blvd.”

## Scientology

In 1988, the Church of Scientology purchased the building for management organizations for the Scientology network of corporations. It is the official corporate office for Church of Scientology International and Religious Technology Center. On the ground floor is the L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition. The building includes offices for David Miscavige, the President of the Church of Scientology (when Heber Jentzsch held that post), and the Office of Special Affairs among other departments. It houses most of the upper and middle management offices. Within Scientology, the building is called the Hollywood Guaranty Building, or the HGB for $short.^{:129,135,299}^{:355}$

