Hills, Miss Virginia Woolley and William Swift Daniell. Cuprien, Miss Edith Loop, Miss Alice Fullerton, Miss Julie Raymond, Mrs. The who’s who of artists attending the event included William Wendt, Karl Yens, Thomas L. Fourteen paintings of “Old Laguna” by plein air artist Joseph Kleitsch were exhibited in the lobby and dining room. The opening itself was considered the most important social event in the town’s history and nearly the entire population turned out along with many other Southern California visitors, who came to the opening reception and dance put on by Mr. Riddell wanted a quality building, whose construction equaled other major civic structures. 1, 1929, story, the “building itself is a work of art,” and its color scheme “carried out in the most daring fashion.” Its builder was Umbarger Construction Company, which had built the Hollywood Franklin Hotel and Hall of Justice in Los Angeles. The new hostelry was not just a modern convenience, but, according to a Feb. Jahrus of Laguna Beach Realty, Laguna Beach Boy’s Academy and Citizens Bank of Laguna Beach.
Andrew Ryan of Pat Ryan Grocery and Confectionery, Joseph and Marie Thurston, Umbarger Construction Company, Charles Covern-Bakery and Confectionery Store, E. One by Citizens Bank described the hotel’s completion “a turning point in our city’s history.” Other well-wishers included Mr. In the same edition of the paper, a number of prominent locals and businesses took out ads offering congratulations to the Riddells. 25, 1929, article explains: “The desire for a modern hotel has been based on needs repeatedly brought to the attention of civic bodies, and repeatedly embodied by them in programs of improvements as among the city’s greats needs…The completed structure is an asset to the city.”
Riddell, who envisioned it as a much-needed center for culture and community. La Casa Del Camino was built by local artist and councilman William W.
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