Hotel Del Monte
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The Hotel Del Monte was a luxury resort hotel complex in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until falling into decline during World War II, ceasing operations in 1942. At its height, its p
The former Hotel Del Monte, now known as Herrmann Hall
Original hotel building, c. 1883
Drawing of hotel grounds from the book Mexico, California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces. (1900)
Monterey's first Fire Chief, William "Billy" Parker, stands amid the ruins of the smouldering Hotel Del Monte, September 28, 1924, the second time the hotel burned to the ground.
Samuel Finley Brown Morse
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Samuel Finley Brown Morse was an American environmental conservationist and the developer of Pebble Beach. He was known as the Duke of Del Monte and ran his company from 1919 until his death in 1969.
Hotel Del Monte
…Ernest Hemingway and Salvador Dalí, as well as many early Hollywood stars such as Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, Ginger Rogers and Bob Hope. In 1919, Samuel F.B. Morse, an American environmental conservationist, put together a consortium of investors to purchase the aging Hotel Del Monte, along with 18,000 acres on…
Duke of Del Monte