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{{Infobox McDonalds
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| name = McDonald's #19956
| image =
| storenumber = 19956
| storename =
| address = [[10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|10207 Lakewood Boulevard]]
| city_state = [[Downey, California]]
| country = United States
| opened = 1996
| closed =
| store_type = Freestanding
| ownership = McDonald's Corporation
| licensee =
| replaced = McDonald's #3
| replaced_by =
| previous = McDonald's #3
| next =
}}
'''McDonald's #19956'''
==History==
{{Infobox McDonalds
| name = McDonald's #3
| image =
| storenumber = 3
| storename =
| address = [[10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|10207 Lakewood Boulevard]]
| city_state = [[Downey, California]]
| country = United States
| opened = August 18, 1953
| closed = 1994
| store_type = Freestanding
| ownership = McDonald's Corporation
| licensee =
| replaced =
| replaced_by = McDonald's #19956
| previous =
| next = McDonald's #19956
}}
''Not to be confused with the former [[McDonald's 3|McDonald's #3]] at [[57-25 Roosevelt Avenue (Woodside, Queens)|57-25 Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Woodside, Queens]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].''
{{w|Richard and Maurice McDonald}} opened their second McDonald's franchise, store #3, at the southwest corner of [[Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|Lakewood Boulevard]] and [[Florence Avenue (Downey, California)|Florence Avenue]] on August 18, 1953. The location was unaffected by {{w|Ray Kroc}}'s purchase of the chain from the McDonald brothers, as it was franchised under an agreement with the the McDonald brothers instead of Kroc's McDonald's Systems, Inc., which later became McDonald's Corporation. As a result, the location was not subject to McDonald's Corporation's modernization requirements, and its menu developed a major difference from that of other McDonald's restaurants, and even lacked corporate-developed items such as the Big Mac. In 1984, the building and its sign became eligible for the {{w|National Register of Historic Places}}, but it was not added as the owners objected.
The restaurant was sold to McDonald's Corporation in 1990, and the location had by this point became the only remaining McDonald's to be fully independent of the chain. Due to years of low sales following the early 1980s opening of [[McDonald's 6407|McDonald's #6407]] a half-mile to the north at Lakewood Boulevard and [[Gallatin Road (Downey, California)|Gallatin Road]], closer to the [[Santa Ana Freeway]], [[Interstate 5 (California)|Interstate 5]]; damage from the {{w|1994 Northridge earthquake}}, and the lack of indoor seating and a drive-through window, the restaurant was closed in 1994. Following demands from the public and preservationists after it was listed among the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Register of Historic Places; McDonald's spent two years restoring the building and including indoor seating and a drive-through window in a new, adjacent building; reopening it in 1996 as McDonald's #19956.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{OSM|way/386065189|McDonald's #19956}}
[[Category:McDonald's locations in California]]
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