Beverly Hills Hotel
- Architects
- Elmer Grey Wilbur David Cook
- Year
- 1911
- Style
- Mission Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
Established in May 1912, before Beverly Hills was even incorporated as a city, the Beverly Hills Hotel was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey in the Mediterranean Revival style for owners Margaret J. Anderson and her son Stanley S. Anderson, who had previously managed the Hollywood Hotel. Its pink-and-green exterior and 210 rooms, suites, and 23 bungalows have made it one of the world's best-known hotels.
the building
The Polo Lounge. In 1941, Hernando Courtright, a vice president of Bank of America, bought the hotel with friends including Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, and Harry Warner, and established the Polo Lounge -- since regarded as one of Los Angeles's premier dining rooms, hosting guests from the Rat Pack to Humphrey Bogart and Marlene Dietrich.
the style
The hotel has carried multiple related identities over its history -- Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Mediterranean Revival -- with Elmer Grey's original 1912 design set in the Mediterranean Revival mode.
More on Mission Revivalthe architect
Elmer Grey was a Pasadena-based architect who designed the Beverly Hills Hotel's original 1911-1912 building; Wilbur David Cook is also credited on the project.
nearby
- Beverly Hills Women's Club
- Harold Lloyd Estate
- Beverly Hills City Hall
- Greystone Mansion
- Anderton Court Shops
- Lloyd Wright Home and Studio