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Building History

The Hotel Arcadia was a large beachfront resort hotel, built well to the northwest of the center of Los Angeles in the 1880s; J.W. Scott (d. 1918) served as the hotel's first owner and manager; an opening night ball was held 03/31/1887. Japanese lanterns illuminated the ball and its guests that night. (See "Hotel Arcadia Opening," Los Angeles Tribune, 03/31/1887, p. 10.) In 1891, the Hotel Arcadia billed itself as "Unquestionably the most elegant resort on the Coast." Owned by Cowley and Baker, an advertisement of 1891 boasted of its "beautiful ball room," "passenger elevators" and "incandescent lights in every room!" The hotel also featured hot and cold salt water baths. A postcard published by Walt N. Reeves c. 1905 exists of this hotel.

In 1906, A.D. Wright served as the proprietor of the Hotel Arcadia.

Building Notes

The Hotel Arcadia was a three-story building; it had a centrally-placed, main, gabled pavilion flanked by room wings linking it to two shorter, gable-front, end pavilions. The central pavilion was topped by an octagonal, five-story tower. The central pavilion and flanking wings had porches lining their first floors.

Alteration

It operated from c. 1887-1904 as a hotel; the Occidental Club of Los Angeles, CA, purchased the Hotel Arcadia in 08/1904; on 01/23/1907, the Southern California Military Academy began its lease of the building. (See "Hotel Arcadia Leased by Academy," Santa Monica Outlook, 01/21/1907, p. 1, and "Military Academy Opens in Historic Building," Santa Monica Outlook, 01/23/1907, p. 1.)

Demolition

The razing of the Hotel Arcadia occurred in 1909, as the first houses were built on the property at this time;

PCAD id: 4536