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Building History

R.D. Case commissioned the construction of the 25-room Bay View Hotel which was completed in 1869. It had two stories and was composed of a wood frame. according to an article in Archinect.com, "Newspaper advertisements noted that the acclaimed hotel featured 25 large, airy rooms with views of the harbor and the bay. It was also rumored to be the only hotel of its time to have lathe and plaster, perfectly dry rooms, which were furnished with spring mattresses. It had become the social center of Horton’s New Town—the scene of many parties and social gatherings—and a terminal for stage lines. Prominent businessmen used it as a stopover because of its proximity to the steamers and tourists could rent a horse and buggy and go site seeing along the bay." (See Shapery Enterprises.com, "The Historic Bay View Assisted Living Residences (Originally Known as the Bay View Hotel then The Palms Hotel)," accessed 07/02/2019 and Architnect.com. "Firms: ENS_Projects: Historic Bay View Hotel," accessed 07/02/2019.) In 1872, the Bay View Hotel stood on the corner of I and 12th Streets, and charged $1.50 to $2.00 per day for its accommodations. (SeeInformation Relative to the City of San Diego, California, [San Diego: San Diego Daily Union, 1874], p. 43.)

Alteration

Most of the original hotel was moved across the street to serve as the residence of the hotel manager in about 1887. Portions of the original building remained in place and were reused in the new hotel. The web site of Shapery Enterprises.com undertook a history of the building and it indicated about the melding of portions of the old hotel with the new: "Collins had a grander vision for the hotel and in 1888 decided to move a part of the original two-story hotel across the block, where it would be used as a private residence for the hotel manager, while the remainder of the original building became incorporated into a newer, larger three-story brick and wood building, covering half a city block in its place. Portions of the 1869 hotel structure can still be seen where the old building was lifted up a level to be as tall as the new three-story structure while a new ground floor was added underneath. Old photos show a part of the original pitched roof of the 1869 hotel melded into the Victorian design of the 1888 addition." (See Shapery Enterprises.com, "The Historic Bay View Assisted Living Residences (Originally Known as the Bay View Hotel then The Palms Hotel)," accessed 07/02/2019.)

The building's historic use as a senior living facility enabled its rapid rehabilitation into contemporary elder housing. Shapery.com observed: "It was the misfortune of the elderly people swindled by the Ray's but a large benefit for the conversion of the property now into an assisted living/memory care facility. The California State Historic Building Code allows an owner to go back to any lawful use of the property that had existed in the past. The Rockwood Home for the Aged now allows the owners to operate the project as proposed without the need for any zoning variances." (See Shapery Enterprises.com, "The Historic Bay View Assisted Living Residences (Originally Known as the Bay View Hotel then The Palms Hotel)," accessed 07/02/2019.)

Demolition

The Bay View Hotel #1 was razed.

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