McDonald's 19956: Difference between revisions

| next = McDonald's #19956

}}

 

{{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.