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Equity - Quarterly Distributions Declared and Payable by Operating Partnership (Detail) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends payable amount per share	$ 0.080	$ 0.080	$ 0.075	$ 0.070	$ 0.065	$ 0.065	$ 0.050	$ 0.045	$ 0.045	$ 0.040	$ 0.035	$ 0.035

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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