{"nrhp_refnum":"96000821","name":"Town House, The","other_names":["Sheraton Town House","Sheraton West"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2959--2973 Wilshire Blvd. and 607--643 S. Commonwealth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.06218837700004,"lon":-118.28561755599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A thirteen-story Period Revival apartment hotel tower with a two-story annex and two subterranean garages at Wilshire Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue in Los Angeles, built 1928-1929.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of Period Revival architectural design, combining Classical, Georgian and Adamesque details. It is also the finest documented work of architect Norman W. Alpaugh. Its height and siting at a bend in Wilshire Boulevard made it a prominent landmark of the boulevard.","narrative":"Rising thirteen stories at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue in Los Angeles, this apartment hotel was built between 1928 and 1929 to designs by architect Norman W. Alpaugh. The complex includes an L-shaped steel-frame tower clad in cast stone, brick and terra cotta, a two-story dining annex, and subterranean garages. Its Period Revival design blends Classical and Georgian elements with delicate Adamesque ironwork, a Greek fretwork stringcourse and a columned entrance portico. The exterior remains largely intact, though the interior has been heavily remodeled. Because Wilshire changes direction at this corner, westbound drivers see the tower directly ahead, which made it the most prominent landmark at the eastern end of the boulevard. It was listed as an example of Period Revival design and as the most notable work of Alpaugh, whose obituary singled it out. Later additions such as a pool and lanai buildings do not contribute. The property has been vacant since the hotel closed in 1993.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Alpaugh, Norman W.","architectural_style":"Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Revivals: Period Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The entire property is vacant and secured; it ceased functioning as a hotel in February 1993.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.645724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/96000821.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000821/70c708d606-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000821/70c708d606-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Town_House,_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Town_House,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859580","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_House_(Los_Angeles)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7769777"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/town-house-the-96000821/"}