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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
St. James Hotel, San Diego
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PC-000-903
St. James Hotel, San Diego, California
1930s
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At 11 stories, the St. James Hotel was the tallest building in San Diego when it was built in 1912, opened in 1913. The rooftop continues to command a view of downtown in 2013, when it is operated as the Ramada Gaslamp/Convention Center. This was not the first St. James Hotel in San Diego. Shown here and on other picture postcards in this collection (PC-000-902, -904, -905, and -906), this St. James Hotel was preceded by one on F Street built in 1885 and described as San Diego's first "skyscraper." Hyman S. Wolf with his brother and cousin built this St. James Hotel in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter in anticipation of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915. The publisher's number on the back of this card is K 1643.
St. James Hotel; San Diego; Hotels; Skyscrapers; High-rise buildings; Ramada Gaslamp/Convention Center
830 Sixth Avenue
California - San Diego
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Colourpicture Publication, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
Journal of San Diego History Apr 1956 V2 #2, Norma Jane Pearson, "The Glittering St. James Hotel" for older hotel; San Diego History Center photograph #1876-2 (1914); Marker #73 by Gaslamp Quarter, front of St. James Hotel; PC-000-902, -904, -905, -906
[printed superimposed on photograph at top right]
St. James Hotel
San Diego, Calif.
[sign on side of building and on overhang in front]
Hotel St. James
St. James Hotel
San Diego, Calif.
[sign on side of building and on overhang in front]
Hotel St. James
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