The developer of the Hotel Hayward was Dr. Henderson Hayward, a prototypical turn-of-the-20th-century L.A. BSD. For his somewhat messy domestic arrangements, he chose Wilshire Boulevard, building one of the first houses there. I've just completed the story of 2501 Wilshire here:
http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html
As for the hotel, I discovered that Charles Whittlesey, the architect, had worked prior to coming to LA for Louis Sullivan, which would explain the details of the building.... Below is a recent post of
ER's that emphasizes those details.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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More prior Hotel Hayward:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10096
We've seen this shot on NLA before, no doubt--Ralphs first store, replaced by the Hayward:
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