Western Costume Building, built for the Ninth and Broadway Company[2] in 1924–1925, was designed by Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr., the architect also responsible for the nearby Broadway-Spring Arcade.

An estimated 95-99% of all Hollywood film productions from 1923 to 1932 costumed through the company in this building.

[1] Western Costume Building was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places's Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979,[4] but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002.

[6] Western Costume Building is built of with a brick and terra cotta facade.

[1] Several silent films shot at the Western Costume Building, including Old Wallop and Laurel and Hardy's Liberty.