House of Hospitality

The House of Hospitality is a two-story building defined by its ornate, Spanish-style stucco facade and a prominent corner tower inspired by the Palace of the Count of Monterey in Spain. Originally constructed as the Foreign Arts Building for the nineteen fifteen Panama-California Exposition, the structure was built to be temporary, yet its popularity led to its survival through decades of reconfigurations. In nineteen thirty-five, it was renamed the House of Hospitality and remodeled to include a central courtyard and a fountain featuring the sculpture Woman of Tehuantepec.