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The Hotel Arcadia was a hotel in 
Ultimately, patronage declined and the Arcadia Hotel was demolished.
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
that stood on the oceanfront between 1886 and 1909. The hotel was located on Ocean Avenue Ocean Avenue may refer to:
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* Ocean Avenue (San Francisco), California, see Ocean Avenue/CCSF Pedestrian Bridge station
* Ocean Avenue (Santa Monica), California
* Ocean Avenue (Palm Beach), Florida; see
* Ocean Avenue ( ...
between Railroad and Front (later Pico Boulevard
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).
Built during what one historian called the Great Boom, the “fashionable and luxurious” hotel attracted wealthy visitors to the climate and scenery of the area, which ultimately became “important factors in the upbuilding of Southern California.”
Named in honor of Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker
Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker (1827–1912) was a wealthy Californio landowner and socialite of Los Angeles. She played an important role in the elite society of Los Angeles and, later, Santa Monica. She was married to two wealthy Anglo-Amer ...
, the five-story hotel built by Jesup W. Scott had “glass observatories” facing the beach. At the time of its completion it was considered the “finest seaside hotel” in the state, comparable only to the Del Monte in Monterey
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both ...
. A history of early Southern California resorts described it as a “summer society capitol.”
In 1903, Griffith J. Griffith
Griffith Jenkins Griffith (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919) was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated to the City of Los Angeles whic ...
shot his wife Tina Mesmer in a room at the Hotel Arcadia as she was packing for the return to Los Angeles after their month at the resort, which she had hoped would put her husband in better mind.
Ultimately, patronage declined and the Arcadia Hotel was demolished.
References
{{coord missing, Los Angeles County, California Buildings and structures in Santa Monica, California History of Santa Monica, California Demolished hotels in California 1887 establishments 1909 disestablishments