PC-000-884A

Hotel Robinson, San Diego

 

circa 1909

 

 

The Hotel Florence was designed by William W. Bowers (1834-1917, Alonzo Horton's brother-in-law) and opened in 1884. In 1891, San Diego architect William Sterling Hebbard (1863-1930) remodeled the hotel. By 1907 the hotel was known as the Hotel Robinson, and by 1918 it had changed names again to Casa Loma. This card is the same as PC-000-882A except for slight differences in color and lack of a message.

William W. Bowers; Hotel Florence; Florence Hotel; Casa Loma; San Diego; Hotel Robinson; Robinson Hotel; Hotels; William Hebbard

300 Fir

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Paul C. Koeber Co.., New York, New York/Kirchheim, Germany

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-000-884B; same as PC-000-882A;Journal San Dego History (Summer 1995, V41 #3 online San Diego History Ctr& Fall 2002, V48 #4, online; History Center photo #1881 (1930) of Casaloma;San Diego Tourist V11, iss11 1918 p.12 (Google book)

[pencil note on bottom of photograph, continued on top]
Five blocks above this place is my old home. But the country is [underlined] beautiful. Come up and see.
Lucile

 

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