Bel Mar Motel / Hotel, San Diego, CA (1952-1953)

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

Designers: Wheeler, Richard George, AIA, and Associates, Architects, San Diego, CA (firm); Ralph Beaumont Erskine Jr. (architect); Richard George Wheeler (architect)

Dates: constructed 1952-1953

3 stories

click to open gallery Postcard view of the Bel Mar Motel / Hotel, San Diego, c. 1955. From the author's collection, postcard by Frye and Smith, Ltd., San Diego, CA
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9th Avenue and Cedar Street
Downtown, San Diego, CA 92101
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Building Notes

The Bel Mar Motel-Hotel's postcard advertised that each room had a free t.v. set, air-foam mattress, thermostatically controlled heat, wall-to-wall carpeting, tiled showers over tubs, "home-like kitchens with utensils and dishes," freezer top refrigerators, c.p. ranges, garbage disposals and tile drains. In addition, the motel contained a laundromat.

PCAD id: 21649

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