The De la Mar was built at the east end of West Olympic Place, as a private hotel for guests of George Kinnear. It opened in 1909, in time for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

De la Mar Apartments, 2007

The style is neo-Classical, based on a Florentine villa that Kinnear saw on his travels. Its formal courtyard features a pond and a marble statue. The facade has three-story terra cotta pilasters topped by fluted capitals. A highly ornamented frieze and cornice edge the building, topped by a terra cotta balustrade. Windows are highly detailed. There are 39 units, averaging over 1,000 square feet each. …Continue reading “De la Mar Apartments – 115 W Olympic Place” →