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| address = [[10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|10207 Lakewood Boulevard]]<br/>

'''McDonald's #19956''' is a [[McDonald's]] restaurant located at [[10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|10207 Lakewood Boulevard]] in [[Downey, California|Downey]], [[California]].<ref>gavinr. [https://github.com/gavinr/usa-mcdonalds-locations USA McDonalds Locations], GitHub.</ref> The oldest operational McDonald's restaurant in the world, the restaurant was originally opened in 1953 as '''McDonald's #3''' by {{w|Richard and Maurice McDonald}}. The restaurant was renumbered following a restoration of the building between 1994 and 1996,. andA featuresseparate building adjacent to the original building contains a gift shop, a museum, indoor seating and a museumdrive-through. The original building, along with its sign, are listed on the {{w|National Register of Historic Places}}.

| address = [[10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)|10207 Lakewood Boulevard]]<br/>

''Not to be confused with the currentformer [[McDonald's 3|McDonald's #3]] at [[572557-25 Roosevelt Avenue (Woodside, New YorkQueens)|572557-25 Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Woodside, Queens]], [[New York|Woodside 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 restaurantlocation was soldunaffected toby McDonald{{w|Ray Kroc}}'s Corporationpurchase inof 1990the chain from the McDonald brothers, andas dueit towas yearsfranchised ofunder lowan salesagreement followingwith the openingthe McDonald brothers instead of [[McDonaldKroc's 6407|McDonald's #6407]]Systems, severalInc., blockswhich nearbylater onbecame LakewoodMcDonald's Boulevard,Corporation. damageAs froma result, the {{w|1994location Northridgewas earthquake}}not subject to McDonald's Corporation's modernization requirements, and theits lackmenu developed a major difference from that of indoorother seatingMcDonald's restaurants, and aeven lacked drivecorporate-throughdeveloped window,items thesuch restaurantas wasthe closedBig in 1994Mac. FollowingIn demands from1984, the publicbuilding and preservationists,its McDonald'ssign remodeledbecame eligible for the building{{w|National forRegister twoof yearsHistoric Places}}, reopeningbut it inwas not 1996added as McDonald'sthe #19956owners objected.