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Item Title
Grand Hotel, 332 F Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA
Location332 F Street,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1974
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-204).
Building/structure dates:
1888 initial construction
Significance: The Grand Hotel was one of the lavish buildings constructed in the San Diego boom period of the late 1880's. It was designed by the prominent local firm of Comstock and Trotsche, which was responsible for some of the most exuberant buildings in the San Diego area. / The Grand Hotel was constructed in 1887 during one of San Diego's great boom periods. It was designed by Comstock and Trotsche Architects, who were responsible for some of San Diego's most impressive buildings. The building's most notable feature is an elaborate central stairhall lit from above by skylight. Its plan, with its light wells and windows opening onto the main hall brought air and light into the building and allowed maximum exploitation of the narrow site.
Related Names
Comstock & Trotsche
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EXTERIOR FROM THE SOUTHEAST (view taken 1887; from Title Insurance Company Collection, San Diego Historical Society. Photocopy by Bert Shankland, San Diego, August 20, 1976).
2. EXTERIOR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. (Walter Smalling, photographer, November 1980).
EXTERIOR FROM THE SOUTHWEST
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