Image / The Turlock Hotel in Turlock, California, circa 1884

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Title: The Turlock Hotel in Turlock, California, circa 1884
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1884
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: The three people on the left side of the photograph are identified as: Elizabeth E. Allen (lady in the big hat), proprietor of the Turlock Hotel; Annie Mitchell Allen, her daughter-in-law (holding her son) and Stonewall Jackson Allen (holding the guitar), son of the owner. The hotel building was moved from Westport to Turlock in 1871-1872 by James Allen. It became the first hotel in Turlock offering lodging, home cooked meals (by Mrs. Allen), and refreshment in the bar. Elizabeth E. Allen remained as owner and operator of the hotel after 1881 when she and James Allen divorced.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 17 x 22 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7z09r2m2
cturs_114
Language: English
Subject: Hotelkeepers--California--Turlock
Hotels--California--Turlock
Allen, Elizabeth E
Allen, Mrs. (Annie Mitchell)
Allen, Stonewall Jackson
Turlock Hotel (Turlock, Calif.)
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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