Preferred Stock and Units - Quarterly Distributions Declared and Payable by Operating Partnership (Detail) - Sotherly Hotels LP [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 $ / shares
8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share	$ 0.500000
7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share	0.492188
8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share	$ 0.515625