PC-000-813

Picture postcard of facade of Imig Manor with inset of block-long layout of hotel in San Diego

 

1940s

 

 

The Imig Manor clearly takes up a city block in the inset aerial view. The facade of the building appears much the same in a 2011 Google image of the hotel, restored in 2011 and added to the U. S. National Register of Historic Places after it reopened in 2012. It was opened in 1946 by San Diego developer Larry Imig as the Imig Manor, designed by San Diego architect Frank Hope Sr. (1901-1994). The pool shown in the center of the inset sports a plaque stating that it was designed by Johnny Weissmuller of "Tarzan" fame. By 1949 Conrad Hilton and associates bought the property and made extensive changes, including obliterating the Imig name and image and renaming it the Hotel Manor by 1950, renaming it again in 1952 to the Lafayette Hotel. After that the site changed hands multiple times, remaining a hotel until 1965, when the opening of Interstate 8 and the ongoing decommissioning of the old US Highway 80 diverted traffic from El Cajon Boulevard. From then until 1995 the property hosted offices except for the continuation of the Red Fox Steak House in the northeastern corner. In 1995 the site was purchased by InnSuites, who turned it back into a hotel. When it was sold again, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune article of October 6, 2012, buyer Jay Wentz restored the hotel along with the name Lafayette Hotel. The Colourpicture number on the reverse of this picture postcard is K 9032.

Hotel Manor; Lafayette Hotel; US Highway 80; North Park neighborhood; San Diego; Imig Manor; Frank Hope

2223 El Cajon Boulevard

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Colourpicture Publication, Boston, Massachusetts, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

PC-000-832, PC-000-809; Lafayette Hotel Web site; San Diego Union-Tribune, October 6, 2012, "Lafayette Hotel oozes with nostalgia"; the San Diego Government has the most comprehensive and reliable history of the site online as part of its application

Imig Manor - San Diego, California

 

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