Hotel Churchill in downtown San Diego stands as a restored 1914 landmark at 827 C Street, a seven-story building originally constructed in anticipation of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in nearby Balboa Park. The San Diego Housing Commission and Housing Development Partners converted the structure into 72 permanent supportive-housing studios — 56 reserved for homeless veterans, eight for transitional-age youth exiting foster care, and eight for adults requiring behavioral-health services — a model recognized alongside other downtown supportive-housing operations like Salvation Army Silvercrest Residence. Studio E Architects led the seismic retrofit, installing viscous dampers and steel moment frames to address a soft-story condition at ground level while preserving the cast-concrete façade, sheet-metal cornice, and restored Juliet balconies. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stations a full-time clinical social worker on site — the first such dedicated VA placement outside a main office in San Diego County. Residents access the trolley line at the building's C Street frontage, and on-site food-security programming connects to the neighborhood distribution network operated by Alpha Project - Food Distribution Center. The AIA San Diego Merit Award and the San Diego Architectural Foundation's Orchid Award for Historic Preservation recognize the rehabilitation of all seven floors, including a steel-framed penthouse replacing the original unreinforced-masonry top story.