PCAD - Hotel Van Nuys, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Van Nuys Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA; Hotel Barclay, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Aerial view of the Hotel Barclay, Los Angeles, c. 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Hotel Barclay, Los Angeles, 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

Site map of the Hotel Van Nuys's location, Los Angeles, 1923; from Baist's Real Estate Atlas Surveys Los Angeles, (Philadelphia: G.W. Baist, 1923), pl. 2

View south down South Main Street at the Hotel Barclay, Los Angeles, 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

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103 West 4th Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90013-1307

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Overview

In 1923, the Hotel Van Nuys stood on the northeast corner of Main Street and 4th Street, across from the Hotel Westminster and one block away from the Hotel Rosslyn and its Annex.

Building History

This hotel operated in Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, opening in 01/1897; in its earliest days, celebrated hotelier Milo M. Potter (born 1854) managed the hotel, and would later go on to own the grand Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara, CA (1902-1903). The Van Nuys was sold to new ownership in 1925, and renamed the "Hotel Barclay" in 02/1926.

PCAD id: 10209

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Van Nuys Hotel (now Barclay Hotel), 1896", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 238, 1994. "Barclay Hotel", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 5: 3, 4, 05-06/1985. "Van Nuys hotel name changed by new owners (to Hotel Barclay)", Los Angeles Times, 02/23/1926. "Van Nuys changes hands", Los Angeles Times, 03/14/1925. "The Van Nuys opened--Milo M. Potter's new hotel ready for public", Los Angeles Times, 8, 01/20/1897. "DInnet to Flint--M.M. Potter is host at fete for senator-elect", Los Angeles Times, 6, 02/01/1905. "Van Nuys Hotel", Los Angeles Times, 7, 09/04/1983. "The Grand Hotel", Los Angeles Times, 9, 09/17/1896. "Hotel Van Nuys", Out West, 142, 04/1917. "In winter's outdoor land", Sunset Magazine, 246, 01/1908.

Hotel Van Nuys, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1896-1897)

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