Long Beach
Fairmont Breakers
Walker & Eisen's 1926 Breakers on Ocean Boulevard, where Conrad Hilton added the Art Deco Sky Room in 1938; restored and reopened as a Fairmont.
- Built
- 1926Opened 1926 as The Breakers Hotel; closed as a hotel in the early 1960s; reopened as Fairmont Breakers after restoration (HHA said 'set to reopen in 2024').
- Style
- Spanish Renaissance Revival
- Architect
- Walker & Eisen
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Long Beach banker Fred B. Dunn raised about $3 million to build The Breakers, which opened in 1926 with designs by Walker & Eisen, who had just finished the Hotel Normandie in Los Angeles. Conrad Hilton bought it and renovated it in 1938, creating the Art Deco Sky Room; HHA lists Clark Gable, Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant among the hotel’s guests. The hotel closed in the early 1960s; Long Beach-based Pacific6 bought the building in 2017 and restored it to reopen as Fairmont Breakers.
Good to know
- Address: 210 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.