Automobile Club of Southern California

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An exterior view of the headquarters building of the Automobile Club of Southern California in Los Angeles, located at the corner of Adams and Figueroa Streets. The building is located on a busy intersection, with a rectangular traffic signal in the middle of the intersection.The Automobile Club of Southern California is a nonprofit organization founded in 1900 by a group of 10 automobile enthsiasts. Its purpose, in addition to providing a social organization, was to encourage the construction and maintenance of roads suitable for automobile travel, and to protect the interests of automobile owners and drivers. In its early years, the club's first headquarters were rented at 307 O.T. Johnson Building. They remained in that space for approximately two years, but beginning in 1909, the club's rapid growht necessitated a series of moves to larger and larger offices. In 1909, they moved to 323 South Hill Street, and again to 754 South Hill Street in 1910.