page_title: Hotel Constance
hierarchical_section_title: Hotel Constance
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: architectenginee8827sanf (find matches) Title: Architect and engineer Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building Publisher: San Francisco&#160;: Architect and Engineer, Inc Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: • z ►3 &lt; Cs •So £§ &lt; 5 44 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER&#160;:;^ Text Appearing After Image: HOTEL CONSTANCE, PASADENAMcNEAL SWASEY. ARCHITECT FEBRUARY, 1927 45 ^e NLW HOTEL CONSTANCEPASADENA, CALIF. M NIeaU SWaSEY , AcCHlTECT IN designing the Hotel Constance at Pasadena, Architect McNealSwasey of Los Angeles felt that the influence of the Mediterraneanshould be exerted, because of the climatic conditions and environ-ment. How well he has handled the problem is evidenced in the accom-panying pictures. The hotel is a monolithic reinforced concrete building,entirely fireproof, and designed to withstand seismic shocks. The planning of this building and of any modern hotel of this typeon a city street is naturally subject to many restrictions and limitationsin design, said Mr. Swasey. Recent building construction in Southern California has been de-veloping a style that is almost distinctive and that has resulted fromdrawing freely from all of the several more or less similar styles ofarchitecture in the different countries about the Mediterranean Sea. The detail and the general c Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Hotel Constance, now known as the Hotel Constance DusitD2 Pasadena, is a hotel built in 1926 on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California.
  The hotel was built on property leased for 20 years by the Orndorff Hotel Company and built in the latter half of 1926. It opened with 164 guest rooms in December 1929. Built at a cost of $1 million, it was a seven-story, reinforced-concrete building located at the southwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Mentor Avenue. It was designed by architect McNeal Swasey of Los Angeles and included Romanesque and modified Mediterranean design elements. The exterior included a frieze along the top of the building featuring stone panels of angels and griffins. The building was also decorated with wrought iron and cast stone, including images of centaurs and other mythical beasts. It was one of 18 major hotels in Pasadena in 1929.
  The property was named after Constance G. L. Perry who purchased the property in March 1926. Perry sold the property in 1930 to hotelier J. Monroe Procter.
  The hotel, now operated by Dusit International, was renovated and expanded in the 2010s.
context_section_description: The Hotel Constance, now known as the Hotel Constance DusitD2 Pasadena, is a hotel built in 1926 on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. 
  The hotel was built on property leased for 20 years by the Orndorff Hotel Company and built in the latter half of 1926. It opened with 164 guest rooms in December 1929. Built at a cost of $1 million, it was a seven-story, reinforced-concrete building located at the southwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Mentor Avenue. It was designed by architect McNeal Swasey of Los Angeles and included Romanesque and modified Mediterranean design elements. The exterior included a frieze along the top of the building featuring stone panels of angels and griffins. The building was also decorated with wrought iron and cast stone, including images of centaurs and other mythical beasts. It was one of 18 major hotels in Pasadena in 1929. 
  The property was named after Constance G. L. Perry who purchased the property in March 1926. Perry sold the property in 1930 to hotelier J. Monroe Procter.
  The hotel, now operated by Dusit International, was renovated and expanded in the 2010s.  The redecorated interior has been described as "'an amazing pop of techno Thai culture' in bold colors and fluid shapes." It received a Pasadena preservation award in 2015. It was listed on the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America in 2016.
caption: Hotel Constance, c. 1927
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