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Title |
La Vista Grande Hotel |
Date |
1887 |
Description |
"Grand View Hotel," later renamed the LaVista Grande was at the corner of Ivy & Lemon. It was built for Colonel Samuel Keefer, whose son John S. added the Keefer subdivision to Monrovia. The Hotel burned down in a spectacular Fire in 1916 that prompted Monrovia's first adequate piece of Fire equipment, the Seagrave. The Hotel was lighted by gas produced by its own gas plant. Photo by Shaffner's California Views 500 & 509 Sixth St., Los Angeles. Photo is dated March 4, 1887. "April 1, 1915 Rol King, as president of the Automobile Country Club, took possession of La Vista Grande Hotel under a five- year lease from A. E. Cronenwett, who moved to Diamond Flats where he was building a bungalow." "History of Monrovia" by John L. Wiley 1927 p 155. |
Object Type |
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Subjects |
Businesses -- Hotel |
Collection |
Myron Hotchkiss |
Original Collection |
Myron Hotchkiss |
Search Terms |
La Vista Grande Hotel |
Object ID |
MH 4x5 87 |
Creator |
C.H. Shaffner |