H. Jevne & Co.

[1] In February, 1882, Norwegian immigrant Hans Jevne, left a partnership that he had had with his brother in Chicago, came to Los Angeles, and a few months later he opened a small grocery store in the Strelitz Block at what was then 38–40 North Spring Street (numbering changed to 136 N. Spring in 1890), between First and Franklin/Court, a demolished street.

Leading business Harris Newmark wrote in his memoirs, "in less than no time, so to speak, the good housewives of the town were able to secure the rarest tidbits from all the markets of the world.

"[2] On June 21, 1896, Jevne moved to the Wilcox Building at the southeast corner of 2nd and Spring.

[3] In 1906–7, the H. Jevne & Co. Building was constructed at the southwest corner of 6th and Broadway, and is still standing, just next to the Los Angeles Theatre.

Jevne's closed the retail store around 1920, to concentrate on the wholesale business including manufacturingn bakery goods and confectionery.