SPA HOTEL

The Spa Bathhouse and Hotel was designed in 1955, a collaboration by noted modern architects William Cody, Donald Wexler, Richard Harrison and Phillip Koenig. One of the most striking features of the building’s design was its graceful, concrete-domed colonnade which lead visitors diagonally to the Bathhouse. The Hotel (added 1962) was originally a three-storey, flat-roofed modernist rectangular block.

The hotel, now known as the Spa Resort Casino Hotel, is owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI). The owners are considering a demolition of the hotel, which may or may not include the original colonnade. The site is not designated as a historical resource and is therefore not protected under law.