“Southern California’s most distinguished address.”

The Town House was one of the most prominent luxury apartment buildings constructed in the fashionable Wilshire District. Oil magnate Edward Doheny developed the apartment-hotel, completed in 1929, and advertised it as “Southern California’s most distinguished address.”

In 1937, the Town House was re-launched as a luxury hotel featuring one of Los Angeles’ famous night clubs, the Zebra Room. Five years later, in 1942, hotelier Conrad Hilton took over the building. Elizabeth Taylor’s first marriage, to hotel heir Nicky Hilton in 1950, was celebrated at the Town House.

The Town House was later sold to the Sheraton hotel chain, first operating as the Sheraton Town House and later as the Sheraton West. The hotel closed in 1993 and was later threatened with demolition, spurring a highly visible advocacy effort that saved the building and resulted in its reuse as family housing with community amenities.