PC-000-842

Picture postcard of exterior of Park Manor Hotel, San Diego, Califiornia

 

1950s

 

Park Manor Hotel

The Park Manor Hotel is represented on this picture postcard in a "Natural Color Reproduction." Designed and built in 1926 by Frank P. Allen, Jr. (1881-1943), this hotel was originally known as the Park Manor Apartment Hotel. In 1991, as the Park Manor Suites, it was designated a historic site by the City of San Diego, requiring that the facade be preserved. It underwent a $3 million renovation between 2005 and 2007, including a seismic retrofit. The owner at that time was a trust that took over operations after the 1978 demise of former owner Stanley Willis II. After its sale in 2011 to Shell Vacations, the newly renamed Inn at the Park continued to operate as a hotel. On the back of the card, the stamp box calls for a 2-cent stamp, a rate inaugurated in 1952.

Park Manor Hotel; San Diego; Hotels; Park Manor Apartment Hotel; Inn-at-the-Park; City of San Diego historic sites; Shell Vacations; Frank P. Allen; Park Manor Suites

525 Spruce Street

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

Frye & Smith, Ltd., San Diego, California

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18, 2011 "Historic Park Manor hotel sells for $11.5 million" by Lori Weisberg

[sign on corner of building in vertical letters]
Park Manor

[sign on corner of street on lamp standard]
25 [miles per hour speed limit]

 

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TIFF

19.85 MB