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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