Ace Hotel Los Angeles
| Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles | |
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| Former names | United Artists Theater, Texaco Building, Los Angeles University Cathedral |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Hotel Theater |
| Location | 929 South Broadway Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°02′30″N 118°15′26″W / 34.0416°N 118.2571°WCoordinates: 34°02′30″N 118°15′26″W / 34.0416°N 118.2571°W |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Owner | Chesapeake Lodging Trust |
| Management | Ace Hotel Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | 73.76 m (242.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Walker & Eisen Charles Howard Crane |
| Structural engineer | Scofield Engineering Construction |
| References | |
| United Artists Theater Building | |
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| Location | 921-939 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect |
Walker & Eisen Charles Howard Crane |
| Architectural style(s) | Spanish Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| Designated | March 20, 1991 |
| Reference no. | 523 |
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the United Artists Building and later known as the Texaco Building, is a 243 ft (74 m), 13-story highrise hotel and theater building located at 937 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California. It was the tallest building in the city for one year after its completion in 1927, and was the tallest privately owned structure in Los Angeles until 1956. Its style is Spanish Gothic, patterned after Segovia Cathedral in Segovia, Spain.
The building contains the historic United Artists Theater, the flagship theater built for the United Artists motion picture studio. The theater was later used as a church by pastors Gene Scott and his widow Melissa Scott under the name "Los Angeles University Cathedral". In October 2011, Scott's Wescott Christian Center Inc. sold the building to Greenfield Partners, a real estate investment company located in Westport, Connecticut, for $11 million. It was converted to a hotel, and opened in 2014.
The United Artists Theater was designed by the architect C. Howard Crane of the firm Walker & Eisen for the United Artists film studio formed by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The theater, a classic movie palace, was one of many constructed by United Artists and served as a major premier house. The theater occupies three floors of the 13-story building and has a 1,600-seat auditorium. Like many movie theaters, the seat rows sink in toward the front of the orchestra section, so ticket holders there must look up at the stage.
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