Title:
Rochester Hotel, Orange, California, ca. 1920
Subject:
Orange (Calif.)
Historic buildings
Hotels--Orange (Calif.)
Architecture
Rochester Hotel--Orange (Calif.)
Description:
Rochester Hotel, located at 310 West Chapman Avenue at the southwest corner of Lemon and Chapman, Orange, California, ca.
1920. Image shows an unidentified man and woman standing outside front of the Rochester Hotel, looking at the lawn. Rochester
Hotel was begun in 1887 by builder Major E.A. Warner and designed by local architect C.B. Bradshaw. After failure of tourist
industry, the hotel building was sold in 1889 to Rev. J.H. Harwood and converted into the Orange County Collegiate Institute,
the county's first college, which operated from 1889-1891. It operated as a hotel until it was raized in June, 1931, on the
current site of the Orange Post Office which opened in 1935.
Photographic print
b&w
12.6 x 17.7 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Date:
ca. 1920
Type:
Image
Identifier:
OPL1499
10512321
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.