Charmont Apartments is an historic apartment building in Santa Monica , California which was built in 1928 . Designed by architect Max Maltzman with elements of both the Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival style and the Art Deco style , the Charmont was a luxurious high-rise when it was built . The blending of Spanish Colonial Revival and Art Deco elements was popular style in the 1920s and is sometimes known as " Med-Deco . " The main entrance is located in a walled courtyard that features a two-tiered fountain with an intricate Moorish-patterned backsplash in polychrome tile . The building was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and subsequently rehabilitated and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Charmont Apartments