Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 051, Site 075 –
Senator Hotel
National Registry ID: 79003459
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 26, 2012
Location:
Latitude:
N 38° 34.655
Longitude:
W 121° 29.521
Address: 1121 L St, Sacramento, CA
Date Built: 1924
Architect: Kenneth Mac Donald and G.
Albert Lansburg
Do you remember Lynette Squeaky Fromme? She was a Charles Manson follower who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. Well that happened right here at the Senator Hotel. But the hotel itself is not open to the public. So Thing One and Thing Two are content with just admiring the building.
From the National Registry information:
The Senator Hotel, built in 1923-24, is architecturally significant as an interesting early 20th century adaptation of Italian Renaissance motifs as borrowed, in part, from the Farnese Palace. Architect Kenneth MacDonald, in collaboration with noted theater architect, G. Albert Lansburgh, successfully transformed the massive formality of the Italian Renaissance into a simplified 20th century statement.
Historically, the hotel is significant as a key meeting place for legislators and state lobbyists. It has served as an important hotel, meeting place and social center for the City of Sacramento. With its close proximity to the State Capitol and State Office Complex, the hotel has proved a particularly valuable asset to Sacramento during sessions of the legislature. Over a period of several decades, the hotel was the home of many of the most powerful state lobbyists. These men represented oil, liquor, railroading, electric utilities and influenced a considerable amount of legislation from their offices/ living/entertainment suites and from the first floor public dining rooms.
From Noehill:
The atrium was modeled after the Farnese Palace in Rome. Facing the State Capitol complex, the hotel has seen its share of California politicians and lobbyists as well as Presidents Harding, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. The hotel was converted to an office building in the 1980's and is not open to the public.
References:
Overall Landmark References:
- National
Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
- Noehill
(NOE)
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