1900 El Monte Hotel

Name/Title

1900 El Monte Hotel

Entry/Object ID

HC050

Description

The El Monte Hotel (1891-1909) was located on the northeast corner of East Main and Pleasant Street. Originally the Coleman House, it was enlarged and successively named the Alpine, the Rockhaven, and finally the Hotel El Monte. It advertised itself as "positively the only first class hotel in Los Gatos," no doubt comparing itself to John Lyndon's hotel across town. The El Monte was apparently targeted several times by an arsonist in the early 1900s, and burned to the ground on July 3, 1909. The owner, Mrs. W.W. Gray, carried only $5,000 insurance on the building, and it was never rebuilt. HC050

Collection

Hamsher Clarence Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1900

Dimensions

Height

39.5 cm

Width

23.64 cm

Location

* Untyped Location

Clarence Hamsher Collection

Copyright

Notes

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