AKA: Arlington Hotel #1, Annex, Santa Barbara, CA; San Marcos Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA

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

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

4 stories

Santa Barbara, CA

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The building was erected after the college's foundation in 1869. In 1881, the owner of the neighboring Arlington Hotel #1, Col. Hollister, purchased the college building and turned it into an annex to his hotel. By the late 1890s, the hotel was called the "San Marcos Hotel."

This four-story hotel was a free-standing structure located behind the main hotel, but it exceeded it in size. The Annex had complex roof lines, with gabled dormers, mansard elements and chateauesque towers.

PCAD id: 14613