Johnson, Thomas V.
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
Thomas V. [Varley] Johnson established the Ocean View House hotel above Beach Street in the early 1870s. In 1883, he sold the property to Alfred H. Douglas. The hotel ultimately expanded into the Sea Beach Hotel.
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One, entry (37), page 22.