Chester Williams Building is a historic twelve-story highrise located at 452 S. Broadway and 215 W. 5th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.

[1] In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Chester Williams Building listed as a contributing property in the district.

[1] In 2012, Chester Williams Building was converted to an 88-unit apartment complex, at which point Broadway and 5th became the second historic core intersection with all four corners occupied by residential structures; the first was 6th and Spring.

[2] Chester Williams Building features Beaux Arts architecture[3] and is made of steel-framed concrete with a terra cotta facade meant to resemble cut stone.

The building features wrought iron grillwork, ornamental bands, and a rounded corner.