Hotel del Coronado
1500 Orange Ave,
Coronado, California
92118
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Supposedly the ghost of Kate Morgan haunts Hotel Del Coronado. More info coming soon. If you have any information on this site we'd love to hear from you!
The Hotel del Coronado opened in 1888 and came with cutting edge technology for the time. The hotel might have been the largest building in the country at the time to have electricity. The elevators were all steam-powered hydraulic elevators. Telephone service, as well as a sprinkler system, were other new technology available in the hotel.
The hotel cost $600,000 to build and an additional $400,000 to furnish. Rooms started at the rate of $2.50 per day and this included three meals a day.
Hotel Del Coronado
This victorian hotel, built in 1887, is one of America's largest wooden buildings. Few seaside resort hotels of this significant architectural style remain in America. The hotel has hosted several Presidents and other national figures.
California Registered Historical Landmark No 844
By 1904, indoor Christmas trees were popular in America, but those with electric lights were rare as candles were still commonplace. The Hotel Del Coronado made history when they strung Christmas lights from the hotel to a nearby Norfolk Island Pine. The lights were hung around the tree, and became the first electrically lit, outdoor, living Christmas Tree!
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Outside References:
- The Field Guide to North American Hauntings (1998) by Blackman, W. Haden, p: 13 - 14
- Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles (2007) by Dwyer, Jeff, p: 188 - 191
- Weird California (2006) by Greg Bishop, Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci, p: 230 - 232
- Haunted Places: The National Directory (2002) by Hauck, Dennis, p: 67
- Visiting Haunted Southern California (2005) by Hilber H. Graf, p: 102 - 105
- Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost Of Kate Morgan And The Hotel Del Coronado (2002) by Hotel del Coronado Heritage Department
- San Diego Specters: Ghosts, Poltergeists and Phantastic Tales (1999) by Lamb, John, p: 123 - 130
- Haunted Houses of California (1993) by May, Antoinette, p: 216 - 223
- Ghosthunting Southern California (2012) by Richards, Sally, p: 188 - 198
- Southern California Curiosities (2004) by Rubin, Saul, p: 97 - 99
- Haunted Southern California (2009) by Stansfield Jr., Charles A., p: 78-79
- San Diego's Most Haunted (2018) by Strickland, Nicole, p: 146 - 151
- Haunted San Diego - 9th Printing (2005) by White, Gail, p: 19 - 32
- California Hauntspitality (2002) by Wlodarski, Robert and Anne, p: 49 - 52
- Coastal Ghosts of Southern California (2009) by Yasuda, Anita, p: 145 - 147
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