Hotel del Coronado

The Hotel del Coronado is a luxury hotel in the City of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. The hotel is located immediately behind the beach, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast. Image File history File links Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California. ... Image File history File links Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Flag of Coronado Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. ... San Diego Bay and Coronado Bridge at night San Diego Bay is a natural harbor adjacent to San Diego, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

On December 19, 1885, Elisha S. Babcock, retired railroad executive from Evansville, Indiana; Hampton L. Story, of the Story and Clark Piano Company of Chicago; and Jacob Gruendike, president of the First National Bank of San Diego, bought all of Coronado and North Island for $110,000. Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Country United States State Indiana County Vanderburgh Government  - Dictator Jonathan Fuckface (D) Area  - City 40. ...

Main building of the Hotel del Coronado

A 24-page prospectus titled "Coronado Beach. San Diego, California" asserted that "The Coronado Beach Company has been organized with a capital of One Million Dollars . . . ." The officers were Babcock, president, Story, vice-president and Gruendike, secretary-treasurer. Also involved with the company by now were three men from Indiana: railroad baron Josephus Collett of Terre Haute; lumber merchant Heber Ingle of Patoka and John Inglehart, a miller, who later became famous through the development of Swansdown flour. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Terre Haute is a city located in Vigo County, Indiana. ... Patoka may mean: Patoka, Illinois Patoka, Indiana Patoka River USS Patoka (AO-9), a US Navy ship This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Lobby of the Hotel del Coronado

The men hired architect James Reid, a native of New Brunswick, Canada, who had practiced in Evansville and Terre Haute. Younger brother Merritt Reid, a partner in Reid Brothers, the Evansville firm, stayed in Indiana but brother Watson Reid helped supervise the 2,000 laborers. Construction of the hotel began in March 1887 and was finished just 11 months later in February 1888 at the cost of one million dollars. Labor was provided largely by Chinese immigrants from San Francisco and Oakland. The hotel was built as a premier resort for the wealthy. It is one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in California and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... James Reid is the singer and guitarist in the New Zealand band The Feelers. ... This article is about the Canadian province; for the city in New Jersey, see New Brunswick, New Jersey. ... Evansville is a city located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. ... Terre Haute is a city located in Vigo County, Indiana. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ... Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

The hotel has hosted a variety of notable guests including Thomas Edison, L. Frank Baum, Charlie Chaplin, Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh. Edward VIII was a guest of the hotel in 1920. At the time his future wife Wallis Simpson was a Coronado resident. They may have met each other at the hotel. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. ... The Laughing Dragon of Oz, see Frank Joslyn Baum . ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... For the band, see Babe Ruth (band). ... For Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Junior, see Lindbergh kidnapping. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20... The Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their wedding day. ...

The following presidents have stayed at the hotel: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.[1] The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. ... William McKinley Jr. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924), was the 28th President of the United States. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... “LBJ” redirects here. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Front of the Hotel del Coronado

Dragon Tree of the Hotel del Coronado

Old building of the Hotel del Coronado

Another famous resident of the hotel is the purported ghost of Kate Morgan. In 1892, she checked into room 3312 (renumbered to 3327), to meet with her estranged husband Tom, but he never arrived. She was found dead on the beach four days later. While initially declared a suicide, forensic evidence processed over a century later revealed she was shot. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Photograph of Kate Morgan taken circa 1886 Kate Morgan (1865-1892) is an Iowan who died under mysterious circumstances, and is thought by some to be a ghost at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. ...

The hotel has appeared in several films, including Some Like it Hot, The Stunt Man, and My Blue Heaven. It was also the setting for the 1975 novel Bid Time Return (aka Somewhere in Time) by Richard Matheson. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. ... The Stunt Man is a 1980 American film directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter OToole, Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey. ... DVD cover My Blue Heaven is a 1990 film starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. ... Bid Time Return is a 1975 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson. ... Somewhere in Time can refer to different things: Somewhere in Time was a 1980 movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. ... Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. ...

The unqiue design of the Hotel served as the basis for Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Disneys Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is a Victorian themed hotel and spa located at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

Ownership

In 1963, Larry Lawrence and fellow investors bought Hotel del Coronado from the Alessio family of San Diego. He initially planned to develop the land around the hotel and ultimately demolish it, but changed his mind and refurbished the hotel in period style and nearly doubled its capacity to 700 rooms. Shortly after his death in 1996, the family sold the property to Hotel del Coronado L.P., an affiliate of Travelers Group. [2] Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) was a United States Ambassador to Switzerland. ...

In 2003, the hotel was sold by a partnership consisting of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement Service and Lowe Enterprises to another partnership consisting of KSL Resorts, Inc and CNL Hotels & Resorts. CNL and KSL completed a $10M renovation of the hotels guestrooms and announced the development of "North Beach" which would include several dozen luxury villas on the northern edge of the hotel's property. The North Beach villas would serve as both residences to their owners and hotel suites when not occupied. In late 2005, CNL announced it would sell its interest in the partnership. Strategic Hotels & Resorts, a publicly traded hotel REIT based in Chicago, IL is expected to take a 45% nonconsoliated interest in the storied landmark along with current owners KKR and KSL.

Location

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External links

• Hotel del Coronado website
• Journal of San Diego History historic photographs of the hotel
• New York Times review of the Hotel del Coronado
• National Register of Historic Places
• The ghost of Kate Morgan

i love the hotel del!!