Identifier: sanfranciscoblue00sanf (find matches)
Title: San Francisco blue book and Pacific Coast elite directory
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: San Francisco : Bancroft Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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VIEWS OF THE CELEBRATED HOTEL DEL MONTE, MONTEREY, CAL.The mcst magnificent seaside establishment in the world. P A C I P ( C G R O V E—N E A R MOW E V c A I. IFn R \ I A
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Tin: IMILY RESORT OF THK I OAST THE CALIFORNIA ( EUROPEAN) SAN FRANCISCO HORD & KINZLER, managers This New and Elegant Hotel was opened for theReception of guests December i, 1890 It is unquestionably the hotel ofthe Coast. The buildingis owned andbuilt by theMacdonough estate, and neither time, money nor labor has been spared to make thehotel meet every demand of its patrons. The architect was originally J. M. Wood, ofChicago, but during the last year the building has had the personal supervision of Mr.E. F. Preston, the attorney for the estate. The style of architecture is Romanesque-round towers at the two ends fronting Bush street. The material used in constructionis pressed brick and terra cotta. The general appearance of the building is severelychaste, and its correct outlines are a pleasing contrast to the broken lines and project-ing windows seen in the majority of houses in this city. The hotel has eight entirestories; the ninth is a half story in the towers, fiom which a

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