The Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the California Petroleum Corporation Building and later known as the Texaco Building, is a 243 ft (74 m), 13-story highrise hotel and 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.
Exterior of the building (c. 2008)
Street facade on Broadway.
Cinema-theatre-church marquee and entrance.
Spanish Gothic architecture
Spanish Gothic architecture is the style of architecture prevalent in Spain in the Late Medieval period.
León Cathedral, a fine example of Gothic architecture in Spain
Church of St John the Baptist, Ágreda [es] in Ágreda, nave
Church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota [es] in Torralba de Ribota, altar
Church of San Miguel (Jerez de la Frontera), nave