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Picture postcard showing illustration of San Diego with Bay, and the Golden West Hotel rising out ofthe downtown area

 

circa 1914

 

 

The Golden West Hotel (also known as the Workingman's Hotel) was built by San Diego entrepreneur and civic leader John D. Spreckels, using the architectural firm of Harrison Albright, in particular John L. Wright (1892-1972), a son of Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1913, it was built in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego with sculptures by Alfonso Iannelli at the corner. Reportedly Spreckels built the hotel to house the many workmen he employed on the several construction projects he always had underway. The hotel was designated a historical landmark by the San Diego Historical Resources Board in 1974. In 2007 the original telephone switchboard was still in the lobby.

Golden West Hotel; Hotels; San Diego; Workingman's Hotel; John L. Wright

720 Fourth Avenue

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Golden West Hotel, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

Voice of San Diego, 1 Aug 2007 by Kelly Bennett, "In the Gaslamp, a Bed and a Sink and History"; San Diego Tourist V11, iss11 1918 p.40 (Google book)

[printed to right of illustration]
Rates:
35c. and 50c. per day; $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per week.

[printed under illustration]
GOLDEN WEST HOTEL, G Street from 3rd to 4th San Diego, Cal.
Five hundred rooms, strictly fire-proof; hot and cold water in every room; steam heat; ground floor lobby 88 x 110 ft.
Just opened Norris & Moore, Proprietors

 

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