After nearly five months of construction, on June 18, 1925, the new Hotel Californian opened its doors at the corner of State and Mason streets in downtown Santa Barbara. Built of brick and composition stone, the $300,000 hotel offered 100 rooms with fresh or salt-water baths, one of only two hotels on the Pacific Coast […]
Neal Graffy
Neal Graffy is a Santa Barbara researcher, historian, author and lecturer. His latest book is a Santa Barbara historical mystery, An Unfortunate Incident at Castle Rock. The opinions expressed are his own.
