PC-000-905A

San Diego's Tallest Building, Hotel St. James in San Diego, California, 1923

 

1923

 

Curt Teich

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. This photograph is the same as the one used on postcard PC-000-904 in this collection. TheCurt Teich number on the back of this card is A-93211.

St. James Hotel; San Diego; Hotels; Skyscrapers; High-rise buildings; Curt Teich

830 Sixth Avenue

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Hotel St. James, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-000-905B; Journal of San Diego History Apr 1956 V2 #2, N. J. Pearson, "The Glittering St. James Hotel" for older hotel; San Diego History Center photograph #1876-2 (1914); Marker #73 by Gaslamp Quarter, St. James Hotel; PC-000-902, -903, -904, -906

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San Diego's Tallest Building

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Hotel St. James, between E and F Streets, San Diego, Calif.

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Hotel St. James
Absolutely fixed price

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St. James

 

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TIFF

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