{"nrhp_refnum":"78000691","name":"Aztec Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311 W. Foothill Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monrovia","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.151548164000076,"lon":-118.00580938299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story and basement hotel and shop building at 311 West Foothill Boulevard in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, opened September 5, 1925 and designed by Los Angeles architect Robert B. Stacy-Judd.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as the completion of the first architectural attempt to apply Mayan art and architecture to modern American buildings. Its publicity influenced theaters, hotels, clubs and houses across the country, and it spurred companies making Mayan-themed furniture, tile and fixtures. It remains Monrovia's most visible landmark and the first of a very few remaining Mayan-styled buildings in the United States.","narrative":"Monrovia's Aztec Hotel is a two-story hotel and shop building with a basement, built of brick, hollow tile and concrete and finished in salmon-colored stucco. Its L-shaped plan leaves a large courtyard in the northwest corner. The ground floor holds six stores, the lobby, kitchen, dining room and four apartments, while the upper floor has 36 hotel rooms and four more apartments. Architect Robert B. Stacy-Judd drew on John L. Stephens's travel writings about Central America to create a Mayan design, with stepped rooflines, square spires, geometric ornament, carved panels, murals, mosaics and reliefs inside and out. He called it Aztec because he thought the public knew that name better. Opened on September 5, 1925, it was the first attempt to bring Mayan architecture to modern American buildings and influenced theaters, hotels and houses elsewhere. The style faded by the end of the 1920s, but the hotel remained largely unaltered and is Monrovia's best-known landmark.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1924)","architect_builder":"Robert Stacy-Judd","architectural_style":"Mayan revival (described as a Mayan art and architectural theme)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, privately owned, with commercial use. Alterations are described as very minimal, mainly changed neon signs, some replaced display windows and minor interior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.617383-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000691.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000691/452e79f8b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000691/452e79f8b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Flickr user Living in Monrovia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr user Living in Monrovia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_Hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858935","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4832944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/aztec-hotel-78000691/"}