The Hollywood Athletic Club is founded by Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino and Cecil B. DeMille. Meyer & Holler, the architectural firm famous for both Grauman’s Egyptian and Chinese Theaters, are commissioned for the project. The tower is the tallest structure in Los Angeles when it opened on New Years Eve in 1924. During the studio era, the H.A.C. was the stomping ground for Hollywood royalty. It’s where the screen stars trained and also frequently served as a social retreat. The tower had hotel rooms, and in the garden were a series of bungalows. It housed an indoor, Olympic-sized swimming pool, a full gymnasium with a running track, steam rooms, saunas, restaurant, library, a cigar lounge, barbershop, a haberdashery, squash courts and various game rooms.