Security Trust and Savings
Security Trust and Savings, 2008
Location	6381–6385 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°6′9″N 118°19′42″W / 34.10250°N 118.32833°W / 34.10250; -118.32833
Built	1921
Architect	John and Donald Parkinson
Architectural style(s)	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated	December 18, 1987

Security Trust and Savings, also known as Security Pacific Bank, is a highrise office building in Hollywood, California and built in 1921. The building was designed by the father and son design team of John and Donald Parkinson,^[1] who also designed some of the city's major landmarks, including Los Angeles City Hall and Bullocks Wilshire.

In 1982 the building was nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places,^[1] although it ultimately was not listed. In 1987 the building was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.^[2]

In 2020, the building was bought for $53 million by Onni Group, who plan to preserve it while redeveloping an adjoining property.^[3]

In popular culture

This building is widely believed to be the inspiration for the Cahuenga Building, a fictional building that housed the office of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories. Additionally, The Brasher Doubloon, a film adaption of Chandler's The High Window, features this building as that location.^[4] The intersection outside this building (Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga Boulevard) is named Raymond Chandler Square as a tribute to the belief that Phillip Marlowe's office was located here.^[5]

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