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Description
A black and white photo of the Blithedale Hotel around 1895. Better views are available in the Mill Valley Historical Review, summer/fall issue of 1981. The image is not clear and might be showing cows in a pasture. The hotel was built in 1873 and burned down in 1912. The land was later subdivided. The Blithedale Hotel (with cottages) was located on land that had not been claimed as part of either the Reed or Richardson Mexican land grants. By 1880, it had become one of the most popular and highly regarded hotels in Northern California. Guests were originally met at the Collins Summit railroad station by a four-in-hand stage. After 1884, when the rail line was rerouted through a tunnel to Corte Madera, hotel guests got off at the Blithedale station near today's post office in Alto. Coaches took them up the County Road (today's East Blithedale Avenue) passing through several gates on the Reed Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio. After 1889, guests arrived at the Eastland/Mill Valley depot, not far from the hotel.
Type
image
Identifier
683F1103-973B-46D6-B0E7-999338075795 2018.001.559
Subject
Blithedale Hotel Cottages Cottages, Resort Hotels Early Days & Pioneers Hotels and Taverns
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