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Title
Town House Hotel
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
This photo of the Town House was taken facing northwest from Hoover and Sunset Place. Also known as Sheraton Town House and Sheraton West, it was built in 1928 by architect Norman P. Alpaugh. It consists of 13 floors and boasts of a mini-balcony on every floor, and in each room. It is a City of L.A. Historic Monument, including the roof neon signs that read "Sheraton" and "Sheraton Town House", and was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1997, Building #96000821. Two separate addresses are listed for this building: 2959-2973 Wilshire Blvd. and 607-643 S. Commonwealth Ave. Photograph dated: November 14, 2005.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :color
Photographic prints
Identifier
00064279
Gary Leonard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b36_f2_i5
CARL0000069219
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/119171
Subject
Sheraton Town House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Gary Leonard Collection photographs
Alpaugh, Norman P

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