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AKA: Robinson Hotel, San Diego, CA; Casa Loma Hotel, San Diego, CA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings -public accommodations - hotels
Designers: Bowers, William Wallace, Designer (firm); Hebbard, William Sterling, Architect (firm); William Wallace Bowers (designer); William Sterling Hebbard Sr. (architect)
Dates: [unspecified]
Overview
The Florence Hotel operated at 4th and Fir Streets in 1899. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1899, p. 306.)It operated on the north side of Fir Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. according to the San Diego, California, City Directory, 1904, p. 250.)
Building History
The Hotel Florence became known as the Hotel Robinson, c. 1904, after Charles W. Robinson bought the establishment. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1904, p. 250.)
Alteration
Kathleen Flanigan, in her study of the work of William Sterling Hebbard, Sr., (1863-1930), said of the Florence Hotel:"[Hebbard] remodeled the Florence Hotel with the addition of a third story, the remodeling of the front porch, and the installation of an elevator and various interior changes." (See Kathleen Flanigan, "William Sterling Hebbard,"Journal of San Diego History, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter 1987.)
PCAD id: 2085
