Built during what one historian called the Great Boom,[3] the “fashionable and luxurious” hotel attracted wealthy visitors to the climate and scenery of the area, which ultimately became “important factors in the upbuilding of Southern California.”[4]
Named in honor of Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker,[5] the five-story hotel built by Jesup W. Scott[6] had “glass observatories” facing the beach.[7] At the time of its completion it was considered the “finest seaside hotel” in the state, comparable only to the Del Monte in Monterey.[6] A history of early Southern California resorts described it as a “summer society capitol.”[8]
In 1903, Griffith J. Griffith shot his wife Tina Mesmer in a room at the Hotel Arcadia as she was packing for the return to Los Angeles after their month at the resort, which she had hoped would put her husband in better mind.[9]
Los Angeles Times illustration (September 5, 1903): "The dotted line indicates where Mrs. Griffith leap or fall from the upper story to the porch roof."
Ultimately, patronage declined and the Arcadia Hotel was demolished.[2]
Referencesedit
^Meares, Hadley (2016-07-07). "The most scandalous hotel in old Santa Monica". Curbed LA. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^ ab"Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica, Cal. - Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections". digitalcollections.lmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
^Robinson, W. W. (1950). Santa Monica: a calendar of events in the making of a city. Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust. p. 11.
^Greene, Linda W. (1980). A Historical Survey of the Santa Monica Mountains: Preliminary Historic Resource Study, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 24.
^Stargel, Cory; Stargel, Sarah (2010). Vanishing Los Angeles County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN978-0-7385-8100-2.
^ abIngersoll, Luther A. (2017-02-06). A Century History Of The Santa Monica Bay Cities. Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN978-3-8496-4858-9.
^James, George Wharton (1895). B.R. Baumgardt & Co's Tourists' Guide Book to South California... B.R. Baumgardt & Company.
^Newmark, Marco R. (1953). "Early California Resorts". Quarterly of the Southern California Historical Society: 43 v – via Hathi Trust.
^Meares, Hadley (2019-10-16). "The Complex Life of Griffith J. Griffith". KCET. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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