California Landmark 601: Site of Western Hotel in Old Sacramento, California

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California Historical Landmarks in Sacramento County

California Landmark 601
Western Hotel
Two Hundred Feet Northeast 2nd and K Intersection
Sacramento
Built 1875
Destroyed ????

Hand-Colored 1880 Lithograph, 11¼" x 14"
California History Room of California State Library
(Click Photo To Enlarge It)

Western Hotel

Constructed by William Land in 1875, this hotel was one of the largest in the West. It was built on sites of earlier hotels of 1853-1854.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

The text at the bottom of the lithograph reads:

This new and elegantly furnished hotel, but two blocks from Rail Road Depot and Steamboat Landing, is one of the finest Houses on the Coast, with beautiful frescoed walls and all modern improvements, including Elevator, Fire Hydrant Extinguishers and Escapes on each Floor. Board and Lodging $1 to $2 per day. Meals 25 cents. A Coach will be at all Trains and Boats to convey Passengers and small Baggage to and from the House free of charge.

Like the original Sacramento Bee Building and many other historic buildings, the Western Hotel was apparently buried under Interstate Highway 5 without commemoration.

If you know anything of the fate of the Western Hotel, please contact NoeHill.

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