Hotel Ramona, San Luis Obispo, CA (1887-1888) demolished

Structure Type: built works - dwellings -public accommodations - hotels

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1887-1888, demolished 1905

4 stories

click to open gallery Exterior photograph of the Hotel Ramona, San Luis Obispo, c. 1905; from the California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Library, San Luis Obispo County Regional Photograph Collection, MS 168, from Flickr.com
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San Luis Obispo, CA

Building History

In the late 1880s, a land boom gripped Southern CA, drawing thousands of new residents able to travel transcontinentally by rail. This hotel, constructed in 1887-1888, reflected this influx of newcomers many seeking temporary lodging like this grand hotel.

Demolition

A fire burned this hotel to the ground on 11/10/1905. (See "Fire destroys hotel,"Los Angeles Examiner, 11/11/1905, p. 4.)

PCAD id: 22178

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