Hotel Virginia

Hotel Virginia (HM212P)

Location: Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Santa Barbara County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 24.972', W 119° 41.754'

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The Hotel Virginia at 17 West Haley Street was originally built in 1916 as a two-story brick hotel by Charles Maas, with a third story addition in 1925. Haley at this time was a residential street with small redwood homes set on large lots. The construction of the hotel just off State Street, Santa Barbara's primary commercial street, marked the entry of commercial buildings on Haley Street. In 1922 Maas' next door neighbor, Freas Hayman, demolished his home and constructed a three story hotel adjacent to the Virginia Hotel, at 31-31 West Haley Street. Although separate buildings, the hotels were linked on the upper floors and functioned as a single unit.

In 1925 a major earthquake in Santa Barbara caused the buildings to be damaged, and both Mr. Maas and Mr. Hayman hired the Los Angeles architect, C. K. Denman, to make the repairs. His Spanish Colonial Revival design unified the facades of the two buildings, yet maintained their separate identities through the use of different window treatments on the upper floors and spacing and style of openings on the ground floor. Denman's use of the Spanish Colonial Revival style was applauded by the City of Santa Barbara as part of its on-going desire to create an image for itself as a romantic Spanish town. As early as 1909, Santa Barbara was looking for a visual image with which to
link its Spanish past to future development within the City. During the many decades after the 1925 reconstruction the Hotel fell into a state of disrepair. In 1998 Laurie and Marc Recordon, local Santa Barbara investors, bought the property and completed a major renovation. In keeping it's [sic] link to the Spanish past the hotel reopened with much of the original character of this historic hotel.
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HM NumberHM212P
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Date Added Friday, August 25th, 2017 at 4:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 252226 N 3811601
Decimal Degrees34.41620000, -119.69590000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 24.972', W 119° 41.754'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 24' 58.32" N, 119° 41' 45.24" W
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Area Code(s)805
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 17 W Haley St, Santa Barbara CA 93101, US
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