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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Coronado, California, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1887-1888 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorReid, James Williamen_US
dc.creatorReid, Watsonen_US
dc.date1887-1888en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-27T16:35:09Z
dc.date.available2012-12-27T16:35:09Z
dc.date.issued1887-1888en_US
dc.identifier181349en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2147en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/86775
dc.descriptionSoutheast corner pavilion, summit; The Hotel del Coronado is a beachfront luxury hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in California and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world, and the first to utilize electrical lighting. A freshwater pipeline was run under San Diego Bay. Water tanks and gravity flow fire sprinklers were installed. Reid installed the world's first oil furnace in the new hotel. Electric lighting in a hotel was also a world first. Thomas Edison inspected the final electrical installation and returned in 1904 to oversee the nation's first illuminated outdoor Christmas tree, which was placed on the hotel's lawn. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumwooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectrecreation and gamesen_US
dc.subjectfestivalsen_US
dc.subjectseascapeen_US
dc.subjectvacationsen_US
dc.subjectrecreationen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectVictorianen_US
dc.titleHotel del Coronadoen_US
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dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-RMJ-HDC-C6en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypehotel (public accommodation)en_US
vra.worktypespaen_US
dc.contributor.displayJames William Reid (American architect, 1851-1943); Watson Reid (American architect, died 1943)en_US


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