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Preferred Stock and Units - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2018	May 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	May 20, 2019	Feb. 12, 2018
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized			11,000,000	11,000,000		11,000,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share			$ 25.00	$ 25.00		$ 25.00
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock, net				$ 33,238,532	$ 1,188,066
7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Interest rate on loan							7.25%	7.25%
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share			$ 25.00	$ 25.00		$ 25.00
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member] \| 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Interest rate on loan		7.25%
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member] \| 7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Operating partnership preferred partnership units issued total			202,469	202,469		52,141
Preferred units, dividend rate percentage			7.875%	7.875%		7.875%
Proceeds from sale of preferred units, net			$ 4,900,000	$ 4,900,000		$ 1,000,000
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member] \| 8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Operating partnership preferred partnership units issued total		1,200,000
Preferred units, dividend rate percentage		8.25%	8.25%	8.25%		8.25%
Proceeds from sale of preferred units, net		$ 28,400,000
7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized			11,000,000	11,000,000		11,000,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share			$ 25	$ 25		$ 25
Preferred stock, par value			$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Preferred stock, dividend rate percentage			7.875%	7.875%		7.875%
Preferred stock, shares issued			1,554,610	1,554,610		1,352,141
7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member] \| Sales Agency Agreement [Member] \| Sandler O’Neill [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, dividend rate percentage	787.50%
Preferred stock, shares issued			202,469	202,469
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock, net			$ 4,900,000	$ 4,900,000		$ 1,000,000
8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized			11,000,000	11,000,000		11,000,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share			$ 25	$ 25		$ 25
Preferred stock, par value			$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Preferred stock, dividend rate percentage			8.25%	8.25%		8.25%
Preferred stock, shares issued		1,200,000	1,200,000	1,200,000		0
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock, net		$ 28,400,000
Maximum [Member] \| 7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member] \| Sales Agency Agreement [Member] \| Sandler O’Neill [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Shares available for sale through sales agent	400,000