PCAD - Hotel Ramona, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Exterior view of the Hotel Ramona, Los Angeles, c. 1900; from the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Security Pacific National Bank Collection, Item #LAPL00007376

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West 3rd Street and South Spring Street
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 90013

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The Hotel Ramona occupied the southwest corner of West 3rd Street and South Spring Street

Overview

F.B. Mallory operated the Hotel Ramona in 1897. The hotel took the name of the main character in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, published in 1884, and whose fame spread tourist interest in Southern California.

Building Notes

The Hotel Ramona stood next to the Currier Building (212 West 3rd Street) from 1895-1903.

There was also a Hotel Ramona in San Luis Obispo, CA, c. 1900. A fire ruined the San Luis Obispo hotel in 1905. (See "Fire destroys hotel," Los Angeles Examiner, 11/11/1905, p. 4.)

Demolition

The Queen Anne-styled Hotel Ramona was razed in 1903. (See Los Angeles Times, 08/22/1903, part III, p. 1.)

PCAD id: 16230

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Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide 1897

Hotel Ramona, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA demolished

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