Title:
Plaza Hotel, Orange, California, 1895
Subject:
Orange (Calif.)
Historic buildings
Hotels--Orange (Calif.)
Libraries
Hygeian House--Orange (Calif.)
Plaza Hotel--Orange (Calif.)
Orange Hotel--Orange (Calif.)
Orange Public Library--Orange (Calif.)
Description:
Plaza Hotel, Orange, California, 1895. Originally constructed in 1874 as a sanitarium and bath house known as the "Hygeian
House" with funds raised by self-proclaimed doctor and health faddist, Emma Larkin, on the southwest corner of Glassell and
Plaza Square. Image shows facade of two-story cement structure with balcony that ran around three sides, with a sidewalk
and unpaved streets visible in the foreground. It was the first structure in the Plaza District not made of wood, and the
first hotel in the city of Orange. Signage to the right of the front door reads "PUBLIC LIBRARY. " After failing as a sanitarium
it continued to operate as a regular bath house. In April of 1876 the building was acquied by C.P. Webber and Ernest McGibbon
and reopened as the Orange Hotel. It was later used as the first Orange Public library, which occupied the first floor from
January 1884 until 1904. It was razed in 1905 and replaced by the Cuddeback Block.
Photographic print
b&w
10.2 x 25.2 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Date:
1895
Type:
Image
Identifier:
OPL190
10511905
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
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