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[[File:Pope House 0019.jpg|thumb|600px|Pope House in the 1880s, looking west from Mission Street]]
 
[[File:Pope House 0019.jpg|thumb|600px|Pope House in the 1880s, looking west from Mission Street]]
'''Pope House''' arguably became the first "resort" hotel in Santa Cruz when it opened in 1862, on Mission Street at today's King Street junction. Established by [[Pope, Horace|Horace Pope]], the last of its buildings was torn down in 1919.
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'''Pope House''' arguably became the first "resort" hotel in Santa Cruz when it was opened by [[Pope, Horace|Horace Pope]] in 1862, on Mission Street at today's King Street junction. From [[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (2005 book)]]:
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"There were a number of cottages on the site, as well as a two-story main hotel building. A little cottage (ca. 1850) erected for [[Bennett, Silas|Silas Bennett]] (who had helped build the famous mill in which gold was discovered on the American River), housed the office, billiards table, and card tables.
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The little alley opposite Locust Street separated the office from the hotel. The establishment was patronized by the leading San Francisco families of the time, among them those of James G. Fair and M. H. de Young."
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Revision as of 18:55, 24 December 2022

Pope House in the 1880s, looking west from Mission Street

Pope House arguably became the first "resort" hotel in Santa Cruz when it was opened by Horace Pope in 1862, on Mission Street at today's King Street junction. From The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (2005 book):

"There were a number of cottages on the site, as well as a two-story main hotel building. A little cottage (ca. 1850) erected for Silas Bennett (who had helped build the famous mill in which gold was discovered on the American River), housed the office, billiards table, and card tables. The little alley opposite Locust Street separated the office from the hotel. The establishment was patronized by the leading San Francisco families of the time, among them those of James G. Fair and M. H. de Young."