Historic Banquet Halls
The Zebra Room was at the Town House Hotel which opened in 1929 on Wilshire Blvd. The building was once among the most luxurious hotels in Southern California, and its Zebra Room was its well-known nightclub. The Cape Cod Room was the hotel’s coffee shop and lasted until 1993. The hotel’s main restaurant was the Garden Room.
In 1937, the Town House was re-launched as a luxury hotel featuring one of Los Angeles’ storied night clubs, the Zebra Room, with interiors designed by Wayne McAllister.
Five years later, in 1942, hotelier Conrad Hilton took over the building. Elizabeth Taylor’s first marriage, to hotel heir Nicky Hilton in 1950, was celebrated at the Town House.
The Town House was later sold to the Sheraton hotel chain, first operating as the Sheraton Town House and later as the Sheraton West.
The hotel closed in 1993 and was later threatened with demolition, spurring a highly visible advocacy effort that saved the building and resulted in its reuse as family housing with community amenities.
