Overview

This early hotel, saloon and gambling hall was located on Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, and operated during the earliest days of Euro-American in Alta California, c. 1849. The El Dorado Hotel burned and was rebuilt on at least three occasions, perhaps, more.

Building Notes

The first El Dorado Saloon was a three-story building covered with a hipped roof. The roof had a cupola or attic vent projecting from its peak. Facing Portsmouth Square, each floor had five openings, the top two floors with five double-hung windows, the first with a central door flanked by pairs of windows on either side.

PCAD id: 20849