Built 1928 SMHL # 31 Opened 1929 Added to NRHP 24 October 1997 | NRHP Reference # 97001236 Designated SMHL January 8, 1996 Area 2,024 m² | |
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Location Santa Monica, California Architectural styles Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, Mission Revival architecture Similar Henry Weaver House, Charmont Apartments, Horatio West Court, Chain Reaction, 26th Street/Bergamot station | ||
The Sovereign is a large five-story, 130 unit apartment building in Santa Monica, California, United States. Built in 1928, it was designed by architect Kurt Meyer-Radon and the Anglo American Building Company in the Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival styles.
The building contains primarily single apartments and one bedroom apartments, many of which are currently under rent control.
In the 1930s, the Sovereign’s operation appears to have transitioned to include a more traditional hotel format with the construction of the small wing that may have contained a dining room. The street level sign identifying the building as the “Sovereign Hotel” also dates from this era.
In Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide, David Gebhard and Robert Winter, wrote, "There was no reticence here on the part of the architect in showing how many Spanish Colonial Revival forms and details could be used."
The Sovereign Hotel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.