Grand-Horton Hotel
- Also Known As: Horton Hotel
- Address: 311 Island Ave
- Neighborhood of Downtown SD in San Diego, CA
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1887/06/24 | Peter Mayrhofer leases a parcel of land from Barney Kampling, Co-owner of the Central Livery Stable, for "the erection of a substantial three story building of brick or brick veneer on said premises." The 20 year term is to start on 1 September 1887. | |||||
1887/10/20 | Comstock and Trotsche | Architect | The Grand Hotel opens at 332, 328 and 334 F Street. Owner, Peter Mayrhofer, leases the ground floor and basement to Matheny Flower and Co (general merchandise) on the 20th. | |||
1888/00/00 | Wyatt Earp | Life | Sometime between 1885 and 1887, Wyatt Earp settles in San Diego. At one he and his common-law wife, Josephine, will live at The Grand Horton, now known at the Horton Grand Hotel. | |||
1888/11/00 | An announcement for the opening of the "Original Louvre" restaurant at The Grand Hotel, with Peter Mayrhofer as Proprietor, appears in the San Diego Union. The eatery boast of a beer garden and concert hall. | |||||
1891/00/00 | Barney Kampling acquires owner of the Grand-Horton. | |||||
1893/00/00 | Mrs Mary Bidwell becomes proprietor of the Grand-Horton Hotel. She lives here with her daughter Maggie. | |||||
1894/00/00 | Newspaper reporter, William H Porterfield, son of Mary Bidwell, takes rooms at Grand-Horton Hotel. | |||||
1894/00/00 | Lotte Buck Porterfield, wife of William H Porterfield, lives at Grand-Horton Hotel. | |||||
1979/00/00 | The Horton Grand is dismantled and stored in various warehouses, interior furnishings and fixtures are sold. | |||||
1986/05/00 | Grand Horton Hotel and the Brooklyn-Kahle Saddlery Hotel are reconstructed, side-by-side, on Island Ave and open, with a new interior as the Grand-Horton Hotel |
Particulars for Grand-Horton Hotel: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Criteria | Exemplar |
Historic Use | Hotel |
Architectural Style | Italianate |
Owner | Private |
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