C Street Inn

"Cecil Hotel (San Diego)" redirects here. For other uses, see Cecil Hotel (disambiguation).
C Street Inn
The building in 1915
Map
Former names
  • Hotel Cecil
  • Cecil Hotel
  • The Cecil
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeApartment hotel (SRO)[1]
LocationGaslamp Quarter Historic District
Address630–636 C St, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Town or citySan Diego
CountryUnited States of America
Coordinates32°43′01.1″N 117°09′31.6″W / 32.716972°N 117.158778°W / 32.716972; -117.158778
Completed1911
OpenedFebruary 1, 1912 (1912-02-01)
OwnerJax Properties LLC
LandlordJack Shah Rafiq
Height
Top floor6
Technical details
Structural systemBrick and steel frame[2]
Floor count6 above ground; 1 basement level
Lifts/elevators2 (installed by the Otis Elevator Company)[2]
Design and construction
DeveloperSan Diego Construction Co.
Known for
  • Steel frame structure
  • class A
  • fireproof
Other information
Number of rooms61 in 1912,[2] 75 by 1919,[3] 100 by 1931[4]

The C Street Inn, formerly known as the Cecil Hotel, is an affordable housing complex in Downtown San Diego that was vacated in 2022 due to egregious conditions. It is the first steel frame structure in San Diego when it was built in 1911. When it opened in 1912, it was the only class A, fireproof building in the city.

The San Diego Natural History Museum had its first exhibits on display at the hotel before relocating to Balboa Park. One of the hotel's owners, Charles L. Dix, helped build the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles in 1924. Since the 2010s, the hotel's basement was utilized as a performance venue for the San Diego International Fringe Festival and it has been a filming location for independent films.

In 2022, the city began a relocation process for all of the hotel's residents after it was vacated for its awful living environment. Throughout the hotel's history, several minor fires caused damage, triggering temporary evacuations and it has been the location of numerous criminal incidents.

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