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Description
Order Number
00075851
Title
Mayberry
Hotel
with
palm
trees
,
Hemet
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Hemet-Hotels-Mayberry
Hotel
;
S-003-734
4x5
Date
Circa
1900
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Hemet
is
a
city
in
Riverside
County
that was
founded
in
1887
and
incorporated
on
January
20
,
1910
with
992
people
.
Members
of the
Cahuilla
Indian
tribe
first
inhabited
the
area
.
During
the
early
1800s
,
it
became
a
cattle
ranch
for
Mission
San
Luis
Rey
,
which
named
the
area
Rancho
San
Jacinto
. In
1895
, the
Hemet
Dam
was
completed
on the
San
Jacinto
River
creating
Lake
Hemet
and
providing
a
reliable
water
supply
to the
San
Jacinto
Valley
.
Despite
a
severe
drought
in
1898-1900
and a
major
Christmas
Day
earthquake
in
1899
, the
town
of
Hemet
continued
to
prosper
.
Every
year
since
1923
one
of the
city's
claims
to
fame
has been "The
Ramona
Pageant
", an
outdoor
play
based
on
Helen
Hunt
Jackson's
novel
"
Ramona
". In
1950
,
Hemet
was
home
to
10,000
people
; as of
January
2007
, the
city
had a
population
of
70,288
according
to the
California
Department
of
Finance
.
Description
Photo
of the
Mayberry
Hotel
,
located
on the
southwest
corner
of
Florida
and
Harvard
.
Built
in
1894
, the
Mayberry
Hotel
was
sold
in
1901
to
W.F
.
Whittier
who
changed
the
name
to
Hotel
Hemet
. In
1917
fire
destroyed
the
upper
story
, but
before
it
could
be
repaired
, the
April
18
,
1918
earthquake
destroyed
the
brick
structure
.
It
was the
only
hotel
in
Riverside
County
with its
own
water
generated
electric
power
. In
1928
, the
Alessandro
Hotel
was
built
on the
old
foundation
, but was
removed
in
1954
to
make
way
for the
new
Security
Pacific
National
Bank
. A
wrap-around
balcony
can
be
seen
behind
the
numerous
palm
trees
and a
horse-drawn
carriage
is
visible
through
the
tree
trunks
,
parked
at the
main
entrance
. The
large
hotel
has at
least
seven
chimneys
, but
possibly
more
that are not
visible
from this
angle
.
Subject
Mayberry Hotel (Hemet, Calif.).
Dwellings--California--Hemet.
Building, Brick--California--Hemet.
Chimneys--California--Hemet.
Hotels--California--Hemet.
Palms--California--Hemet.
Lost architecture--California--Hemet.
Hemet (Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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