Beverly Hills City Hall CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS Constructed in 1931-1932, Beverly Hills City Hall is an excellent example of the “modi ed Spanish Renaissance” style, which drew upon the same precedents as the Churri- HISTORIC WALKING TOUR gueresque variant of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. is property is representative of the work of Koerner and Gage, SELF-GUIDED an architectural rm included on the City’s List of Master Architects. As the seat of local government, City Hall is directly associated with the City’s coming of age in the 1920s and 1930s, a period of explosive growth that cemented Beverly Hills’ character and reputation as a small but well-to-do, independent city in the midst of Los Angeles’ inexorable march to the west. Beverly Hills City Hall, with its monumental tower, elegant design and lavish nishes, is the symbol of the City’s identity and achievements and culmi- nated this formative period in the city’s development. Beverly Hills Historic Post O ce Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 1937

e site for the post oce was a parcel of land that had been fronting Santa Monica Boulevard was designed as the purchased from the Paci c Electric Railway Company by the ceremonial entrance to the post oce. is structure is an City of Beverly Hills as part of the master plan for the new excellent example of the work of a prominent local architect, civic center in 1930. e architect chose the Italian Renais- Ralph C. Flewelling, and is an unusually lavishly ornamented City Hall, 1937 sance Revival style for the building to complement City Hall, 1930s-era post oce. ough Flewelling was not known for which had already been designed and was under construc- his use of Renaissance Revival styles, the Beverly Hills Post tion directly across the street to the east. Oce is a sophisticated and graceful Renaissance inspired “To provide the ability to acknowledge, honor, building. e building is composed of a series of one and two-story and encourage the continued maintenance masses mostly capped with gable roofs t with red clay tiles. Beverly Wilshire Hotel e exterior wall surfaces are clad in slip covered Roman and preservation of those select properties in brick trimmed with natural colored terra cotta quoins. e e Beverly Wilshire Hotel was constructed in 1927 for the city that, through exceptional architecture, Walter C. McCarty, a real estate developer who at one time coursework of the masonry is accented by indentations contribute to the city's cultural history” corresponding to the quoins. e building’s north elevation owned one quarter of the city, and was designed by the prominent Los Angeles architectural rm of Walker and Eisen. It was the rst major hotel to be constructed in the rapidly growing community of Beverly Hills since 1912. McCarty was instrumental in the development of the southern half of Beverly Hills. To draw attention to the area’s tracts of residential home sites, which he controlled, and to demonstrate his faith in the community’s potential for growth as a desirable destination, he commissioned Walker and Eisen to create a nine story hostelry on Wilshire Boulevard in the center of the city.

As one of the most prominent structures in Beverly Hills, City of Beverly Hills both in size and architectural quality, the Beverly Wilshire Historic Preservation Program Hotel is signi cant for its association with a prominent Adopted by Ordinance January 25, 2012 resident active in the city’s growth and development, as one of the most noted projects of a notable Southern California p (310) 285-1129 architectural rm, as a social center of the community, and www.beverlyhills.org/preservation for its place in the tourist industry in California. From its 455 North Rexford Drive Post Of ce, 1934 inception, the hotel has catered to many notables, including Beverly Hills, CA 90210 lm stars, business and social luminaries, and visiting royalty. BEVERLY HILLS HISTORIC WALKING TOUR SELF-GUIDED

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1 Beverly Hills City Hall 450 N. Crescent Dr. 9 Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church 501 N. Rodeo Dr. 18 Saks Fih Avenue 9600 Wilshire Blvd. 2 Millard Sheets Artwork 450 N. Rexford Dr. 10 All Saints Episcopal Church 504 Camden Dr. 19 Beaumont Building 368 Camden Dr. 3 Litton Industries 360 N. Crescent Dr. 11 Church of the Good Shepherd 501 Bedford Dr. 20 Beverly Professional Building 9601 Brighton Way 4 Union 76 Station 9376 Santa Monica Blvd. 12 e Witch’s House 516 N. Walden Dr. 21 Anderton Court 322 N. Rodeo Dr. 5 Beverly Hills Historic Post Oce/Wallis Annenberg Center 13 Electric Fountain North Santa Monica Blvd./Wilshire Blvd. 22 Beverly Wilshire Hotel 9528 Wilshire Blvd. for the Performing Arts 469 N. Crescent Dr. 14 Creative Artists Agency/Sony Music 9830 Wilshire Blvd. P Parking Structure: First Two Hours Free 6 Beverly Gardens Park along N. Santa Monica Blvd. 15 Roxbury Plaza 9701 Wilshire Blvd. Public Restrooms 7 Paley Center for Media 465 N. Beverly Dr. 16 Security Paci c Place 9665 Wilshire Blvd. ADA Accessible 8 Writers & Artists Building 9507 Santa Monica Blvd. 17 I. Magnin & Company 9634 Wilshire Blvd.

For More Information Please Contact: City of Beverly Hills - Historic Preservation Program p (310) 285-1129 www.beverlyhills.org/preservation 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210