Pico House
USA /
California /
Vernon /
North Main Street, 430
World
/ USA
/ California
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World / United States / California
hotel, listed building / architectural heritage, 1870_construction
The Pico House is a historic building in Los Angeles, California, dating from its days as a small town in Southern California. Located on 430 North Main Street, it sits across the old Los Angeles Plaza from Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument.
Pío Pico, a successful businessman who was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California, ordered construction a luxury hotel in the growing town. The architect was Ezra F. Kysor, who also designed the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, and it was constructed between 1869 and 1870. The resulting Italianate three story, 33-room hotel, dubbed Pico House (or Casa de Pico) was the most extravagant and lavish hotel in Southern California, and its opening was cause for much celebration. It had a total of nearly eighty rooms, large windows, a small interior court, and a grand staircase.
Its time in the spotlight did not last very long. By 1876 the Southern Pacific Railroad had linked the city with the rest of the country and more residents and businessman began pouring in. Pio Pico himself started having financial troubles, and lost the hotel to the San Francisco Savings and Loan Company. The business center of the city began to move south and, by 1900, the building began to decline. After decades as a shabby lodging house, it finally passed into the hands of the State of California in 1953, and it now belongs to the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Monument. Parts of this building were renovated in 1981 and 1992. The ground floor is occasionally used for exhibits and other events.
Pío Pico, a successful businessman who was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California, ordered construction a luxury hotel in the growing town. The architect was Ezra F. Kysor, who also designed the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, and it was constructed between 1869 and 1870. The resulting Italianate three story, 33-room hotel, dubbed Pico House (or Casa de Pico) was the most extravagant and lavish hotel in Southern California, and its opening was cause for much celebration. It had a total of nearly eighty rooms, large windows, a small interior court, and a grand staircase.
Its time in the spotlight did not last very long. By 1876 the Southern Pacific Railroad had linked the city with the rest of the country and more residents and businessman began pouring in. Pio Pico himself started having financial troubles, and lost the hotel to the San Francisco Savings and Loan Company. The business center of the city began to move south and, by 1900, the building began to decline. After decades as a shabby lodging house, it finally passed into the hands of the State of California in 1953, and it now belongs to the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Monument. Parts of this building were renovated in 1981 and 1992. The ground floor is occasionally used for exhibits and other events.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_House
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°3'21"N 118°14'22"W
- Metropolis Los Angeles 2.5 km
- The Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena 12 km
- Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City 14 km
- Sheraton Universal Hotel 14 km
- The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows 16 km
- One Beverly Hills 16 km
- The Garland Hotel 16 km
- The Beverly Hilton 16 km
- Sportsmen's Lodge 19 km
- Hotel Bel-Air 20 km
- Civic Center 0.6 km
- Union Station Center District 0.7 km
- Arts District 1.4 km
- Dogtown District 1.5 km
- Financial District 1.6 km
- Downtown 1.9 km
- Dodger Stadium 2.1 km
- Elysian Park 2.9 km
- Echo Park 3.1 km
- Westlake 3.1 km