Architect Kurt Meyer-Radon and the Anglo American Building Company took great pains to harmoniously integrate a variety of unique design elements in the Sovereign. Awe at such sublime details as rope moldings, corbelled balconies and French doors. Enjoy the staccato feel on the fifth floor, as the windows which extend toward the roof coping, are separated by pilasters, and corbels below the roof line.

In “Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide,” David Gebhard and Robert Winter, wrote, “There was no reticence here on the part of the architect in showing how many Spanish Colonial Revival forms and details could be used.”

According to former City planner James Lunsford, it was once owned by C.A. Hamilton, the owner of the concessions at Yellowstone Park, but has been owned by a Houston-based conglomerate since 1994, who took it over after the property was severely damaged in the Northridge Earthquake.

In 1997 the Sovereign was declared a National Historic Landmark. For the record, a National Historic Landmark is a nationally significant historic place designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Landmark properties are chosen because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States and designated under the authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935. Look around the country, you will find few apartment buildings of the style and elegance of the Sovereign Apartment / Hotel.