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Description
This circa 1900 photograph captures an omnibus from Sacramento’s Western Hotel. The Western was first built in 1854, but felled by fire in 1875. It was rebuilt that same year by Sacramento hostelling luminary William Land who went on to found the State House Hotel and the Hotel Land. Located at 215 K Street, the hotel – in its final incarnation – was made of brick and consisted of three floors. It was also well thought of for its ornate cornices, removed in the 1950s after the city passed an ordinance mandating their removal (a passerby was killed by falling molding from another historic building). After a long, distinguished history that attracted early California’s bon vivants, the prohibitive cost of upgrading the hotel’s sanitation, electrical and fire functions to city code brought on its razing in 1960.
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