It is named for French-American warehouseman Edouard Naud, who built a warehouse at the junction in 1878.
[1] Naud Junction was marked by a signal tower built at Alameda and Ord streets in 1898.
[2] From 1905 to 1913, Naud Junction was the location of the city of Los Angeles' primary boxing pavilion, which was built by promoter Thomas McCarey.
[4] McCarey said the greatest fight he ever witnessed was a match at Naud Junction between "two Negro fighters," Jack Johnson and Denver Ed Martin.
McCarey told a reporter, "Neither of them made a mistake for twelve rounds, and Denver Ed finally thought he had fooled Johnson, and we saw one of the greatest exhibitions in ring history from then on.