B. H. Dyas

It had inside a log cabin, a rifle range, and an aquarium of rainbow trout, as well as stuffed and mounted game animals.

In 1922,[6] stock was sold to finance its construction to house a branch of Boadway Bros., which went out of business in 1923, and B. H. Dyas agreed to open in the building instead.

[7] The Classical Revival Style building was built by local businessman Frank R. Strong to house Dyas' store.

The construction, which continued into 1928, marked the first department store branch outside of the main Downtown Los Angeles central business district and led to similar large-scale commercial developments outside downtown such as Bullocks Wilshire.

[11] Dyas' son died in an automobile collision in Rawlins, Wyoming in October 1933.

Seventh Street looking west from Broadway, 1917. Bullocks building is at the far right. B. H. Dyas, then a sporting goods store, is visible right and Ville de Paris, before Dyas bought it in 1919, visible left.
B. H. Dyas flagship building under construction as the Ville de Paris, 7th Street & Olive, 1916
Broadway Hollywood Building . originally B. H. Dyas' Hollywood branch