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Overview

The Hotel Touraine #1 in Oakland, CA, was in operation from about 1900 until about 1910, on the northeast corner of 14th and Clay Streets.

In 1907, it was one of several operating on Clay Street, including the Saint Paul Hotel (528 12th Street at Clay Street) and the Hotel Gibson (1015 Clay Street). (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1907, p. 1209.)

Another hotel with the same name began operation at 559 16th Street by 1915.

Building History

The Hotel Touraine constructed in Boston, MA, in 1897 for noted hotelier Joseph Reed Whipple (1842-1912) made the name famous throughout the United States during the following century, Designed by the Boston firm of Winslow and Wetherell, the hotel operated until 1966, when it transitioned to apartment use.

The Oakland hotel was in use by 1900, and was not listed in the business classified section of the Oakland, California, City Directory, 1899, (pp. 670-671). (See "Hotel Arrivals," Oakland Tribune, 09/19/1900, p. 6.) Banker William Griffith Henshaw (1860-1924) and real estate and water mogul William Jackson Dingee (1854-1941) owned the Hotel Touraine #1 in 1900, although the former sold the property in 1906. It operated until at least 1910, but did not appear in the city directory of the year following.

The H.C. Capwell Department Store sought to expand and purchased lots on Clay Street and 14th and 15th Streets for the construction of a huge new building by 1909. The Hotel Touraine #1 was one of the blocks removed to make way for the Capwell store. It was completed according to the designs of architect Charles W. Dickey in 1912.

Demolition

The Hotel Touraine #1 was demolished.

PCAD id: 24050