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William Sharon's Palace Hotel

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
William Sharon's Palace Hotel
SOLD
55.00USD+ (10.73) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 Nov 01 @ 14:45UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Two exteriors and one interior. Two are from the Watkins' Pacific Coast collection of stereo views. The Palace Hotel was built by San Francisco banker and entrepreneur William Chapman Ralston who heavily depended on his shaky banking empire to help finance the $5 million project. William Sharon ended up in control of the hotel after Ralston's death and the collapse of the Bank of California. With 755 guest rooms, the original Palace Hotel (also known colloquially as the "Bonanza Inn") was at the time of its construction the largest hotel in the Western United States. The hotel burned after the great earthquake of 1906! Date: San Francisco CA hwac 21371