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Weird California - By Joe Parzanese

Hotel del Coronado

Map 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, California 92118

Kate Morgan Haunts the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego
Kate Morgan Haunts the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego

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The Hotel del Coronado opened in 1888 and came with cutting edge technology for the time. The hotel might have been the largest building in the country at the time to have electricity. The elevators were all steam-powered hydraulic elevators. Telephone service, as well as a sprinkler system, were other new technology available in the hotel.

The hotel cost $600,000 to build and an additional $400,000 to furnish. Rooms started at the rate of $2.50 per day and this included three meals a day.

Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel Del Coronado
Hotel Del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado
Kate Morgan Grave
Kate Morgan Grave

Hotel Del Coronado

This victorian hotel, built in 1887, is one of America's largest wooden buildings. Few seaside resort hotels of this significant architectural style remain in America. The hotel has hosted several Presidents and other national figures.

California Registered Historical Landmark No 844


By 1904, indoor Christmas trees were popular in America, but those with electric lights were rare as candles were still commonplace. The Hotel Del Coronado made history when they strung Christmas lights from the hotel to a nearby Norfolk Island Pine. The lights were hung around the tree, and became the first electrically lit, outdoor, living Christmas Tree!

Here stands the world's first electrically-lighted outdoor Christmas tree, unveiled at the Hotel Coronado on December 24, 1904
Here stands the world's first electrically-lighted outdoor Christmas tree, unveiled at the Hotel Coronado on December 24, 1904
First Outdoor Electrically Lit Christmas Tree
First Outdoor Electrically Lit Christmas Tree
Here stands the world's first electrically-lighted outdoor Christmas tree, unveiled at the Hotel del Coronado on December 24th, 1904




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