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Ace Hotel Los Angeles

Coordinates: 34.0416°N 118.2571°W

Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the

California Petroleum Corporation Building and later known as Ace Hotel Downtown Los
the Texaco Building, is a 243 ft (74 m), 13-story highrise hotel and Angeles
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 Theatre, 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 "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.[6] It was converted to a
hotel, and opened in 2014. The hotel is part of the Ace Hotels chain.

United Artists Theatre period

The theatre was designed by the
architect C. Howard Crane of Exterior of the building (c. 2008)
the firm Walker & Eisen for the Former names United Artists
United Artists film studio Theatre (1927–90)
formed by D.  W. Griffith,
University Cathedral
Charlie Chaplin, Douglas
(1990–2011)
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.[7]
The theater, a classic movie Hotel chain Ace Hotel Group[1]
Street facade on Broadway. palace, was one of many General information
constructed by United Artists
and served as a major premier Status Completed
house. The theater occupies three floors of the 13-story building and Type Hotel · Music Venue
has a 2,214-seat auditorium.[8] Like many movie theaters, the seat Location Downtown Los
rows sink in toward the front of the orchestra section, so ticket
Angeles
holders there must look up at the stage.[9]
Address 929 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
University Cathedral period 90015-1609
Groundbreaking March 5, 1927
Opened December 26, 1927

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The building was first leased by Renovated 2012–14

televangelist Gene Scott in
Cost $3 million
1989, to be used as the location
($50.5 million in 2022
from which to broadcast the live
Sunday services of his ministry. dollars[2])

Scott held his first Sunday Height

service there in 1990 and
Roof 73.76 m (242.0 ft)
continued to hold Sunday
services there until his death in Technical details
2005. A designated historic Floor count 13
monument in itself, the building
Design and construction
was for many years topped by
the historic "Jesus Saves" neon Architect(s) Walker & Eisen ·
signs (originally from the Charles Howard
Church of the Open Door). They Crane
Cinema-theatre-church marquee
were located in the rear lower
and entrance. Structural Scofield
roof, one facing the west and
one north, until September 10, engineer Engineering
2011, when one sign was removed by crane. The building was Construction
claimed to house the largest collection of Bibles in private hands. Renovating team
After leasing for thirteen years, Gene Scott purchased the building in
Architect(s) GREC Architects ·
2002. Following Scott's death, services continued to be held at the
Killefer Flammang
Los Angeles University Cathedral by Melissa Scott, the widow of
Gene Scott, with services broadcast over TV, shortwave radio, and Architects
the Internet. Structural Nabih Youssef
engineer Associates
Ace Hotel conversion Other designers Commune Design ·
Atelier Ace
The building has been completely restored and renovated to serve as Main contractor Spectra Company ·
a luxury boutique hotel called Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. Morley Builders ·
It features 182 rooms, a pool, a restaurant and three bars, as well as
Benchmark
the restored theatre.[10] It opened on January 16, 2014. In December
Contractors, Inc.
2014, Greenfield Partners put the building up for sale, seeking about
$100 million as the sale price.[11] In May 2015, Chesapeake Other information
Lodging Trust bought the building for $103 million.[1] Seating capacity 1,600 (The Theatre at
Ace Hotel)
The theater was restored as well and re-opened on February 14,
2014, with concerts by the British rock band Spiritualized.[8] L.A. Number of 182
Dance Project, a dance company founded by choreographer rooms
Benjamin Millepied, will also take residence in the Theatre at Ace Number of 1
Hotel.[8] Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a fundraiser at the Ace restaurants
Hotel on February 5, 2016 in support of presidential candidate
Number of bars 3
Bernie Sanders.[12]
Facilities Segovia Hall · The
Theatre at Ace
Broadway Theater Historic District
Hotel ·
Walker/Eisen Room

Architectural Spanish Gothic

style(s) Revival
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The building is a historic district contributing property in the Governing body Private
Broadway Theater District on the National Register of Historic
Places. It is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[13] Los Angeles Historic-Cultural
Monument

See also Official name United Artists

Theater Building
Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles) — NRHP Historic
district. Designated March 20, 1991[3]
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Reference no. 523
Downtown Los Angeles References
United Artists Theatre Building (Detroit) [4][5]

References
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ww.latimes.com/business/la-fi-re-ace-hotel-sold-20150501-story.html). Los Angeles Times.
2. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for
Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda
(https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44525121.pdf) (PDF). American Antiquarian
Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price
Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (https://www.am
ericanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44517778.pdf) (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–
present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" (https://
www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1800
-). Retrieved May 28, 2023.
3. Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments" (https://web.archive.org/w
eb/20100609160708/http://www.preservation.lacity.org/monuments). City of Los Angeles. Archived
from the original (http://www.preservation.lacity.org/monuments/) on 2010-06-09. Retrieved
2014-10-10.
4. "Emporis building ID 147195" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081407/https://www.emporis.
com/buildings/147195). Emporis. Archived from the original (https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1
47195) on March 6, 2016.
5. "Ace Hotel Los Angeles" (https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=35001). SkyscraperPage.
6. Vincent, Roger (October 17, 2011). "Historic United Artists building sells for $11 million" (http://artic
les.latimes.com/2011/oct/17/business/la-fi-property-report-20111017). Los Angeles Times.
Retrieved 17 February 2013.
7. Gebhard, David; Robert Winter (1985). Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide (https://arc
hive.org/details/architectureinlo00gebh/page/232). Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith Books. p. 232
(https://archive.org/details/architectureinlo00gebh/page/232). ISBN 978-0-87905-087-0.
8. Mike Boehm (January 14, 2014), Millepied's L.A. Dance Project finds home: 1927 downtown
theater (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-benjamin-millepied-la-dance-p
roject-ace-hotel-20140113,0,2892500.story#ixzz2qmVWEGmt) Los Angeles Times.
9. Lewis Segal (February 21, 2014), Review: L.A. Dance Project's launch at Ace Hotel beautifully in
sync (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-la-dance-project-ace-hotel-revie
w-20140222,0,4820262.story) Los Angeles Times.
10. Adrian Glick Kudler (May 25, 2012). "Work Starting at Downtown's Ace Hotel, Celebrating Skid
Row" (http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/work_has_begun_at_downtowns_ace_hotel_celebra
ting_skid_row.php). Curbed LA. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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11. Parker, Ryan (December 17, 2014). "Ace Hotel building in downtown L.A. is up for sale" (http://ww
w.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ace-hotel-sale-20141217-story.html). Los Angeles Times.
12. "Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Bowie at Bernie Sanders Concert" (https://www.rollingstone.com/m
usic/news/red-hot-chili-peppers-cover-david-bowie-at-bernie-sanders-fundraiser-20160206).
rollingstone.com. 6 February 2016.
13. "Monument Search Results Page" (http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result.cf
m?community=Central+City). cityplanning.lacity.org.

External links
Ace Hotel Los Angeles (http://www.acehotel.com/losangeles)
Texaco Building (http://www.you-are-here.com/broadway/texaco.html) — at You-Are-Here.com
United Artists Building Exterior (http://www.publicartinla.com/neon_signs/united_artists_neon.html)
— at Public Art in Los Angeles

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