Pine Inn

Pine Inn, once called the Hotel Carmelo, is one of the early first-class Arts and Crafts, Tudor, Spanish style hotels established in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The Pine Inn is a historical resource dating back to 1889 when pioneer Santiago J. Duckworth built Hotel Carmelo. James Franklin Devendorf, renamed the hotel the "Pine Inn" in 1904. Today, it is a full-service hotel. The Pine Inn qualified for inclusion in the city's Downtown Historic District Property Survey, and was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on March 18, 2003. The Inn is significant under the California Register criterion 1, as the first hotel in the history of the downtown district of Carmel-by-the-Sea.[1]

Pine Inn
Pine Inn Hotel
Former namesHotel Carmelo
General information
LocationCarmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.
Coordinates36°33′20″N 121°55′24″W
Opening1889
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Thomas Morgan (1903)
Blaine and Olson (1928)
Other information
Number of rooms49
Number of restaurants1
Website
www.pineinn.com

History
Pine Inn (1904)

In 1889, real estate developer and early pioneer of "Carmel City," Santiago J. Duckworth reserved five lots, in the undeveloped section of town, at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Broadway (now Junipero Street) for the city's first hotel, Hotel Carmelo. The three-story hotel was built by Delos Goldsmith for sales agent Abbie Jane Hunter, like a country inn, with wood from the old Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco. Hunter worked for real estate developer Duckworth and used the hotel to sale lots in Carmel.[2][1] Goldsmith was born in Painesville, Ohio on September 3, 1928. He moved to San Francisco in 1850 and worked as a carpenter for two years. In 1888, came to Carmel and built a home for his wife's sister's daughter. In 1889, he built Hotel Carmelo. He built a shed for his carpenter shop on the corner of San Carlos Street and Ocean Avenue. Between 1893 and 1894 he built two homes for sales agent Abbie Jane Hunter.[1]

Move and expansion
Pine Inn and Ocean Avenue
Pine Inn with expanded building

By 1903, Carmel-by-the-Sea's early founder and real estate developer, James Franklin Devendorf, put the hotel on pine logs and moved it down Ocean Avenue four blocks closer to the Carmel beach to the corner of Ocean Avenue and Monte Verde Street. He renamed the hotel the "Pine Inn" and renovated it. With the help of architect Thomas Morgan (brother of Mary DeNeale Morgan) and builder M. J. Murphy, Devendorf added a one-story roof entrance, sunroom and dining room looking west to the sea to the original two-story building. He also added a stable and a row of tents for extra lodging. Prospective buyers stayed at the Inn before decided on what lot to purchase. Early advertisements for the new Pine Inn began in the spring of 1903, with hotel rates at $8 per week. J. F. Devendorf was the contact person.[3][4][5][2]

Mary L. Hamlin became manager in 1909. Devendorf sold the Pine Inn in late 1911.[6] By 1914, C.C. Belmont and his wife took over management of the hotel. He worked with Goold's livery, Leidig Bros. grocery, and Schweninger bakery to provide goods and services.[7] When the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club put on Shakespeare plays and poetry readings at the Forest Theater, the Pine Inn became the recommended place to stay for students and their friends.[8]

In 1922, John B. Jordan, an actor and scholar, purchased the hotel. He served eight years on the Carmel city council and two years as Carmel mayor (1926-1928).[9] Jordan enlarged the hotel to include cottages offered for $15 (equivalent to $243 in 2021) to $30 (equivalent to $486 in 2021) a month, tennis courts, and putting greens. In 1928, a major remodel was designed by Blaine and Olson in a Spanish style with a two-story 40-room addition on the Monte Verde side that connected to the main building. Builder M. J. Murphy did the construction for the remodel at a cost of $250,000 (equivalent to $3,945,252 in 2021).[10]

Jordan sold the Pine Inn to William Harrison Godwin II in August 1940. Godwin and his brother, Frederick "Fred" MacKaye Godwin, had learned the hotel business working for their aunt Agnes "Alice" D. Signor who owned the La Playa Hotel.[11][9]

In 1941, the interiors of the Pine Inn were remodeled in a Victorian style. Godwin added 12 retail stores, a rooftop garden for dining, newly decorated 55 bedrooms, and the Red Parlor Pub (now closed). Godwin sold the Pine Inn to Caroll McKee in 1962 and Godwin retired to Santa Barbara. In 1972, new owner Carroll McKee, added an open courtyard in the center with a glass gazebo dining.[1] The current owners, Richard, and Mimi Gunner, purchased the hotel in 1985. They added Chinese and Pierre Dux French furnishings.[2] The Il Fornaio Italian-themed fine dining restaurant was added to the main dining room.

See also

References
  1. Richard N. Janick (March 18, 2003). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. "Pine Inn, Our History". www.pineinn.com. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  3. "Carmel-By-The-Sea". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. 26 Apr 1903. p. 37. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  4. Gilliam, Harold; Gilliam, Ann (1992). Creating Carmel: The Enduring Vision. Peregrine Smith Books. Salt Lake City. pp. 62, 69. ISBN 9780879053970. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. Neal Hotelling (2 Aug 2019). "God may have been on one side, but the courts were on the other" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  6. Neal Hotelling (9 Sep 2022). "Early 20th-century tourism require two Hotel Carmelos" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. p. 27. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  7. Neal Hotelling (30 Sep 2022). "C.C. Belmont-a hospitality pro or a check-bouncing con?" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. pp. 27, 30. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  8. "Arts and Crafts Club Scrapbook". Harrison Memorial Library. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1914. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  9. Neal Hotelling (October 28, 2022). "Tales of destruction and forgery-but wait, there's even more" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  10. Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. pp. 53–54. ISBN 9781467103039. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  11. "New Owner Plans Many Improvements". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1940-08-23. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
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