Lu r Unc.oi [t1LL tt UTAL £910 BLOCK 168, LOTS 1-14, 5TH ADDITION 1926 ARCHITECTURAL RENDITION BY GEORGE RUSHFORTH LEFT-JUNE 1926 MAP OF THE HOTEL. /e I 5g ~4 • ul L' - THE HOTEL OPENED THURSDAY, 1 JULY I 1926 AT 6:30 P.M. THE GALA OFFICIAL LoseY IO/N/.YO RM OPENING HAD A RESERVATION CROWD OF Q FE /k"2.345 /1z'YRLS.t.s_ 200. THE HOTEL WAS FINANCED BY SAMUEi E°.rn acJ' 7 r - 5 SO a e 7 SYI.VAN'PARSONS. HE WAS BORN 22 FEB. T ~K/P?'NEN C ti 1860 in SWEDEN. HE ARRIVED IN au v•.0 T ~ AROOSTOOK CO., MAINE IN 1862. HE THE1 WENT TO THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND o CUT RAILROAD TIES FOR AWHILE. HE THEt FOREST H/LL HOTEL ,-,.~ MOVED TO FRESNO, WHERE HE STARTED TM. (RE/NF CONC) C" u'C r✓ e. car:s > HOBBS-PARSONS COMPANY, A WHOLESALE fYRER,ppOF E{CFf! -"Nh1l %'P•'•- '~S - !/~oh1 VEGETABLE FIRM, AND LATER IN STOCKTOr I. WHILE HERE HE DEVELOPED TYPHOID FEVEf PARSONS EVENTUALLY BOUGHT OUT THE INTEREST OF HOBBS, CORNERED THE POTATO MARKET, AND HAD OFFICES IN OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO. HE ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT SUMMER HOME IN PACIFIC GROVE BY 1915, WITH A FAMILY HOME IN PALO ALTO. HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF 1st NATIONAL BANK OF P.G.; OWNED THE OLD HOLLENBECK BLOCK WHICH HE REBUILT IN 1923, AND PURCHASED THE LLOYD BLOCK IN 1930. HE MARRIED MAUD PIERCE. HE DIED 14 JUNE 1946, AND IS BURIEI IN THE EL CARMELO CEMETERY. PRIOR TO HOTEL CONSTRUCTION, PARSONS OBTAINED DEED TO BLOCK 168 on 21 SEPTEMBER 1925, along WITH BLOCK 165, LOTS 3-14 on8 OCTOBER. HE GAVE THIS PARCEL TO THE CI'Y.THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WAS THE C.I. WELD COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE BUILDING HAD 98 BEDROOMS, EACH OF THE FOUR UPPER STORIES HAD 24 ROOMS. IT WAS SHAPED LIKE AN "I" BEAM, TWO WINGS ATTACHED TO A NARROW CENTRAL EAST-WEST STRUCTURE: CLYDt C. BATE; WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER, WITH L.L. WITTY & W.P. 'PORTER, HEAD CLERKS. THE 30 EMPLOYEES HIRED WERE QUARTERED IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE HEATING PLAN' AND VENTILATION SYSTEM WERE LOCATED. ON THE WEST END WAS THE LOBBY WITH LARGE OPEN TERRACES IN FRONT. THE DINING ROOM 45 FEET SQUARE SEATED 115. THE .KITCHEN WAS UNDER HEAD CHEF, EDMUND _NE_I_LSEN. ON THE MAIN FOYER FLOOR WERE MOSAIC TILES, AND THE PANEL SIDEWALLS WERE OF PHILLIPINE MAHOGANY. THE CLARK-HENERY CO. DID THE CONCRETE-ASPHALT APPROACHES. TOTAL COST OF THE HOTEL, AND ADJACENT GARAGES ON FOUNTAIN IS PURPORTED TO BE $300,000. , OCR Text: Lu r Unc.oi [t1LL tt UTAL £910 BLOCK 168, LOTS 1-14, 5TH ADDITION 1926 ARCHITECTURAL RENDITION BY GEORGE RUSHFORTH LEFT-JUNE 1926 MAP OF THE HOTEL. /e I 5g ~4 • ul L' - THE HOTEL OPENED THURSDAY, 1 JULY I 1926 AT 6:30 P.M. THE GALA OFFICIAL LoseY IO/N/.YO RM OPENING HAD A RESERVATION CROWD OF Q FE /k"2.345 /1z'YRLS.t.s_ 200. THE HOTEL WAS FINANCED BY SAMUEi E°.rn acJ' 7 r - 5 SO a e 7 SYI.VAN'PARSONS. HE WAS BORN 22 FEB. T ~K/P?'NEN C ti 1860 in SWEDEN. HE ARRIVED IN au v•.0 T ~ AROOSTOOK CO., MAINE IN 1862. HE THE1 WENT TO THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND o CUT RAILROAD TIES FOR AWHILE. HE THEt FOREST H/LL HOTEL ,-,.~ MOVED TO FRESNO, WHERE HE STARTED TM. (RE/NF CONC) C" u'C r✓ e. car:s > HOBBS-PARSONS COMPANY, A WHOLESALE fYRER,ppOF E{CFf! -"Nh1l %'P•'•- '~S - !/~oh1 VEGETABLE FIRM, AND LATER IN STOCKTOr I. WHILE HERE HE DEVELOPED TYPHOID FEVEf PARSONS EVENTUALLY BOUGHT OUT THE INTEREST OF HOBBS, CORNERED THE POTATO MARKET, AND HAD OFFICES IN OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO. HE ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT SUMMER HOME IN PACIFIC GROVE BY 1915, WITH A FAMILY HOME IN PALO ALTO. HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF 1st NATIONAL BANK OF P.G.; OWNED THE OLD HOLLENBECK BLOCK WHICH HE REBUILT IN 1923, AND PURCHASED THE LLOYD BLOCK IN 1930. HE MARRIED MAUD PIERCE. HE DIED 14 JUNE 1946, AND IS BURIEI IN THE EL CARMELO CEMETERY. PRIOR TO HOTEL CONSTRUCTION, PARSONS OBTAINED DEED TO BLOCK 168 on 21 SEPTEMBER 1925, along WITH BLOCK 165, LOTS 3-14 on8 OCTOBER. HE GAVE THIS PARCEL TO THE CI'Y.THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WAS THE C.I. WELD COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE BUILDING HAD 98 BEDROOMS, EACH OF THE FOUR UPPER STORIES HAD 24 ROOMS. IT WAS SHAPED LIKE AN "I" BEAM, TWO WINGS ATTACHED TO A NARROW CENTRAL EAST-WEST STRUCTURE: CLYDt C. BATE; WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER, WITH L.L. WITTY & W.P. 'PORTER, HEAD CLERKS. THE 30 EMPLOYEES HIRED WERE QUARTERED IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE HEATING PLAN' AND VENTILATION SYSTEM WERE LOCATED. ON THE WEST END WAS THE LOBBY WITH LARGE OPEN TERRACES IN FRONT. THE DINING ROOM 45 FEET SQUARE SEATED 115. THE .KITCHEN WAS UNDER HEAD CHEF, EDMUND _NE_I_LSEN. ON THE MAIN FOYER FLOOR WERE MOSAIC TILES, AND THE PANEL SIDEWALLS WERE OF PHILLIPINE MAHOGANY. THE CLARK-HENERY CO. DID THE CONCRETE-ASPHALT APPROACHES. TOTAL COST OF THE HOTEL, AND ADJACENT GARAGES ON FOUNTAIN IS PURPORTED TO BE $300,000. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Photo Collection,Misc. Photo Collections,Forest Hill Hotel,Forest Hill Hotel.pdf Page 1, Forest Hill Hotel.pdf Page 1