| Casa del Rey Hotel | |
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 Casa del Rey Hotel in 1911 corner of Beach Street and Cliff Street | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Santa Cruz, California |
| Address | 500 Beach Street and Cliff Street |
| Coordinates | 36°57′52″N 122°01′08″W / 36.964539°N 122.018890°W |
| Opened | 1911 (original building gone in 1989) |
| Cost | $500,000 in 1911 |
| Owner | Fred Swanton |
| Management | Santa Cruz Seaside Company |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 500 |
| Number of restaurants | 3 |
| Website | |
| Casa del Rey Hotel | |
Casa del Rey Hotel (House of the King) was a resort hotel in Santa Cruz, California. During World War II the hotel was converted to the Naval Convalescent Hospital, Santa Cruz. The hotel was built in 1911 by Fred Swanton on Beach Street as a Santa Cruz Boardwalk development plan. The Resort Hotel had: a pool; gardens; and a grand pedestrian bridge to cross the street to visit the beach. The hotel was at about 500 Beach Street and Cliff Street. In addition to the hotel, there were built Cottage apartments. Later after the war the hotel became a senior citizen housing. In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake there was serious damage to the hotel and was taken down. The site now is the parking lot across the street from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park.[1][2][3]
