Fort Moore Hill

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Looking southeast from Fort Moore Hill, showing the Pico House (left of Arcadia Street), the Baker Block, Grand Central Hotel, and other ornate buildings on the east side of N. Main Street (center). West of Main Street, construction of the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is taking place.The Pico House, part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, is California Historic Landmark 159 The ornate three-story Baker Block was completed around 1877 by Colonel Robert S. Baker. For a number of years, the building housed offices, shops, and apartments. Goodwill Industries of Southern California purchased it in 1919. Despite plans to relocate the structure for another purpose, the city purchased the Baker Block from Goodwill in 1941 and demolished the building a year later. U.S. Route 101 now runs beneath where these buildings once stood.