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Hotel Adagio
San Francisco, California, United States · Autograph Collection · Near Luxury
Hotel Adagio opened in 1929 as the El Cortez, a Spanish colonial revival landmark that hotelier Mortimer A. Samuel and architect Douglas D. Stone built at 550 Geary Street in San Francisco's theater district. The 16-story tower still reads as one of the city's clearer examples of the style, and the Mortimer Bar & Lounge on the ground floor carries the founder's name.
- 171 rooms
- Opened 1929
- Neighborhood: Union Square
- Architect: Douglas D. Stone
About Hotel Adagio
- The Samuel Suite, on the 16th floor, was once Mortimer Samuel's own apartment and still has 1920s ornate woodwork, 14-foot ceilings, and a grand fireplace.
- The Stone Suite and the Mortimer Bar & Lounge are named for the architect and the hotelier who opened the El Cortez in 1929.
- The 171-room hotel joined Marriott's Autograph Collection in 2013.
History
The Hotel Adagio is a 16-story landmark at 550 Geary Street in downtown San Francisco, a few blocks from Union Square in the theater and arts district. Built in 1929 by hotelier Mortimer A. Samuel and designed by architect Douglas D. Stone, it opened as the El Cortez and remains one of the city's finest examples of Spanish colonial revival design, conceived by Samuel as a "home of luxury and comfort."
Today operating as Hotel Adagio, part of Marriott's Autograph Collection, the hotel pays homage to its founders through the Stone and Samuel suites and the on-site Mortimer Bar & Lounge. The Samuel Suite, once Mortimer Samuel's own apartment, still features 1920s ornate woodwork, 14-foot ceilings and a grand fireplace. The property has 171 rooms and was renovated in recent years.
The setting
Hotel Adagio sits on 550 Geary Street in Union Square. It is not the city's prettiest neighborhood. It is the middle: the Curran and ACT for a seat, SFMOMA and Yerba Buena a walk south, the cable-car turnaround as civic theater. 9-minute walk to BART.
Restaurants and bars
- Elliott's — Restaurant · breakfast
- The Mortimer Bar and Lounge — Bar
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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