McDonald's 19956
Coordinates: 33°56′51″N 118°07′05″W / 33.94745°N 118.11800°W Property "Address" (as page type) with input value "10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
| McDonald's #19956 | |
|---|---|
| Store number | 19956 |
| Address | 10207 Lakewood Boulevard |
| City | Downey, California |
| Country | United States |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Type | Freestanding |
| Ownership | McDonald's Corporation |
| Replaced | McDonald's #3 |
| Previous tenant | McDonald's #3 |
McDonald's #19956 is a McDonald's restaurant located at 10207 Lakewood Boulevard in Downey, California.[1] The oldest operational McDonald's restaurant in the world, the restaurant was originally opened in 1953 as McDonald's #3 by Richard and Maurice McDonald. The restaurant was renumbered following a restoration of the building between 1994 and 1996, and features a gift shop and a museum.
History
Property "Address" (as page type) with input value "10207 Lakewood Boulevard (Downey, California)" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
| McDonald's #3 | |
|---|---|
| Store number | 3 |
| Address | 10207 Lakewood Boulevard |
| City | Downey, California |
| Country | United States |
| Opened | August 18, 1953 |
| Closed | 1994 |
| Type | Freestanding |
| Ownership | McDonald's Corporation |
| Replaced by | McDonald's #19956 |
| Next tenant | McDonald's #19956 |
Not to be confused with the current McDonald's #3 at 5725 Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, New York.
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their second McDonald's franchise, store #3, at Lakewood Boulevard and Florence Avenue on August 18, 1953. The restaurant was sold to McDonald's Corporation in 1990, and due to years of low sales following the opening of McDonald's #6407 a half-mile to the north at Lakewood Boulevard and Gallatin Road, closer to the Santa Ana Freeway, Interstate 5; damage from the 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, McDonald's remodeled the building for two years, reopening it in 1996 as McDonald's #19956.
References
- ↑ gavinr. USA McDonalds Locations, GitHub.