205 Washington Ave., Santa Monica, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 24, 1997. NRIS 97001236.
1 contributing building.
The Sovereign is a large five-story, 86 unit hotel and 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 bachelor, studio, and one-bedroom units.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859532