C. 1900 HOTEL DEL MONTE RESORT MONTEREY COUNTY CALIFORNIA PEBBLE BEACH BOOKLET Hotel
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CIRCA 1900 HOTEL DEL MONTE RESORT MONTEREY COUNTY CALIFORNIA PEBBLE BEACH BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION: Original; Circa 1900’s; Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California [booklet]; 24 pages; It
measures approximately 5-1/2 inches tall by 7 inches long; the pamphlet was “Designed
and Engraved by the Sunset Photo – Eng. Co, Printed by the Sunset Press, San
Francisco” [California]. Geo. W.
Reynolds, Manager.
This
beautifully designed pamphlet / brochure used Art Nouveau borders around the
pictures to give a visual appearance of quality for which the hotel was known. There
are over 40 photographic images of the hotel and the surroundings, including
golf / golfing, polo, tennis, etc.
DATE: Circa 1900 estimated by the lack of automobiles [horses and carriages only] pictured and the Art Nouveau design elements of the cover and pages.
CONDITION: Fine [see scans].
HISTORY: The
Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California from its
opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North
America. During World War II, it closed and the building was leased to the
Navy. It was first used by the Navy as a school where enlisted men spent the
second, third, and fourth months of an eleven-month course being trained as
electronic technicians.
Later
the Hotel Del Monte became the Naval Postgraduate School of the United States
Navy. It is now known as Herrmann Hall and functions as administrative offices
and hotel for the school.
Charles
Crocker, one of California's Big Four railroad barons, established the resort
through Southern Pacific Railroad's property division, Pacific Improvement
Company, and opened the first hotel June 10, 1880. The first true resort
complex in the United States[citation needed], it was an immediate success.
Nearby, along Monterey Bay, was a railroad depot.
The
property extended south and southeast of the hotel and included gardens,
parkland, polo grounds, a race track, and a golf course. Originally used for
hunting and other outdoor activities, the hotel's property became Pebble Beach,
an unincorporated resort community, and the world famous Pebble Beach Golf
Links. The famous 17-Mile Drive was originally designed as a local excursion
for visitors to the Del Monte to take in the historic sights of Monterey and
Pacific Grove and the scenery of what would become Pebble Beach. The hotel became popular with the wealthy and
influential of the day, and guests included Theodore Roosevelt and Ernest
Hemingway, as well as many early Hollywood stars.
On
February 27, 1919 Samuel Finley Brown Morse formed the Del Monte Properties
Company, and acquired the extensive holdings of the Pacific Improvement
Company, which included the Del Monte Forest, the Del Monte Lodge (since
renamed the Lodge at Pebble Beach), and the Hotel Del Monte.
There
have been three buildings on the same site. The first building was designed by
architect Arthur Brown, Sr., who had been the Southern Pacific Railroad's
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings. It was destroyed by fire on June 1,
1887 and was replaced. Two guests were killed and the hotel damaged in the 1906
San Francisco earthquake. On October 28, 1924, the second Hotel Del Monte building
was destroyed by fire. The current
building dates from 1926. It was designed by architects Lewis P. Hobart and
Clarence A. Tantau. The Hotel’s famed Art Gallery, which was established in
1907 and quickly became the venue for California's most prestigious artists,
was also rebuilt; according to the detailed eyewitness account of Carmel artist
Jennie V. Cannon, the space for exhibiting art was expanded.
The
Old Del Monte golf course opened in 1897 and is the oldest continuously
operating golf course west of the Mississippi River.
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