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'''Hotel Union Square''' is located at 114 [[Powell Street (San Francisco)|Powell Street]] in [[San Francisco, California]]. It was built in 1908, had a [[speakeasy]] in the basement during the [[Prohibition Era]], and Dashiell Hammett was a patron. |
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'''Hotel Union Square''' is located in [[San Francisco, California]]. The Hotel features 131 guest rooms and suites, including the famed Dashiell Hammett Suite. |
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The hotel has kept it's original 1915 Egyptian-motif mosaic murals, located in the lobby entryway. They are encased in gold glass bead wall covering. |
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The hotel was built in 1908 as the Golden West Hotel, for the 1915 [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]].<ref name=Bruton>{{cite web |url=http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/helen-brutons-tile-murals-at-the-golden-west-hotel.html |title=Helen Bruton's Tile Murals at the Golden West Hotel |website=Art and Architecture - San Francisco |accessdate=May 4, 2016 }}</ref> During the [[Prohibition Era]], a {{convert|10000|sqft|m2}} [[speakeasy]] called The Golden Bubble was located below the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lincoln |last=McElwee |url=http://akamommagazine.com/travel/hotel-union-square-san-franciscos-first-boutique-hotel-heart/ |title=Hotel Union Square: San Francisco's First Boutique Hotel at the Heart of it All |website=AKA Mom Magazine |date=7 May 2014 |accessdate=May 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=mk1005 |url=http://la-explorer.com/staying-at-hotel-union-square-in-san/ |title=Staying At Hotel Union Square in San Francisco |website=LA Explorer |date=June 5, 2013 |accessdate=May 4, 2016 }}</ref> The original terrazzo floors and wallpaper still remain in what is now used as a storage area. In 1935, Egyptian-style mosaics by [[Helen Bell Bruton]] were added in the entryway.<ref name=Bruton/> |
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In the 1950s, the hotel was renamed the Golden State Hotel.<ref name=Bruton/> Personality Hotels purchased the building in the early 1980s and in 1985 reopened it after refurbishment as Hotel Union Square.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/153108286 |title=Hotel Union Square refurbished in bed-and-breakfast tradition |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 19, 1982 |page=E13 |id={{ProQuest|153108286}} }}</ref> It was extensively renovated in 2008, when a Dashiell Hammett Suite was created in Room 505.<ref name=Hammett>{{Cite web |
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The interior design was completed by San Francisco-based Irish Interior Designer Colum McCartan, founder and principal of McCartan Design, along with Lisa Sayed, partner of the hotel interior design company Sisterhood of the Traveling Hotels, who designed the Ring In the Kids Suite and Lisa Compagno designed the Dashiell Hammett Suite. |
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| last = Humbert| first = Mike| title =The Dashiell Hammett Suite at Hotel Union Square| work = The Dashiell Hammett website| date = August 11, 2009| url = http://www.mikehumbert.com/Dashiell_Hammett_22_Hotel_Union_Square.html| accessdate = May 4, 2016}}</ref> The interior design is by [[Colum McCartan]], along with Lisa Sayed, partner of the hotel interior design company Sisterhood of the Traveling Hotels, who designed the Ring In the Kids Suite. Lisa Compagno designed the Dashiell Hammett Suite. There are 131 guest rooms and suites. |
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|title=Is there a spirit here tonight? |first=Antoinette |last=May |date=October 31, 2004 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |accessdate=May 17, 2008}}</ref> and he booked his bride-to-be [[Josephine Dolan]] into a suite there on the night before their 1921 wedding.<ref name=Hammett/> |
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Hotel Union Square, which originally housed the Golden West Hotel, was constructed in 1913 for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. [[Dashiell Hammett]] and [[Lillian Hellman]] may have conducted much of their love affair at the hotel,<ref name="May">{{cite news |
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|accessdate=2008-05-17}}</ref> and Hammett loved the hotel so much that he booked his bride-to-be [[Josephine Dolan]] in a suite on the night before their 1921 wedding.<ref>[http://www.mikehumbert.com/Dashiell_Hammett_22_Hotel_Union_Square.html Dashiell Hammett, page 22, Hotel Union Square<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> During the Prohibition Era, a 10,000 square feet speakeasy called The Golden Bubble was located below the hotel. The original terrazzo floors and wallpaper still remain in what is now used as a storage area. In the 1950s, the hotel was renamed the Golden State Hotel. Personality Hotels purchased the building in the early 1980s and opened Hotel Union Square in 1982. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Reportedly haunted locations in the San Francisco Bay Area]] |
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*[http://hotelunionsquare.com/ Hotel Union Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607183621/https://hotelunionsquare.com/ |date=2023-06-07 }} |
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 18 November 2024
Hotel Union Square is located at 114 Powell Street in San Francisco, California. It was built in 1908, had a speakeasy in the basement during the Prohibition Era, and Dashiell Hammett was a patron.
History
[edit]The hotel was built in 1908 as the Golden West Hotel, for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[1] During the Prohibition Era, a 10,000 square feet (930 m2) speakeasy called The Golden Bubble was located below the hotel.[2][3] The original terrazzo floors and wallpaper still remain in what is now used as a storage area. In 1935, Egyptian-style mosaics by Helen Bell Bruton were added in the entryway.[1]
In the 1950s, the hotel was renamed the Golden State Hotel.[1] Personality Hotels purchased the building in the early 1980s and in 1985 reopened it after refurbishment as Hotel Union Square.[4] It was extensively renovated in 2008, when a Dashiell Hammett Suite was created in Room 505.[5] The interior design is by Colum McCartan, along with Lisa Sayed, partner of the hotel interior design company Sisterhood of the Traveling Hotels, who designed the Ring In the Kids Suite. Lisa Compagno designed the Dashiell Hammett Suite. There are 131 guest rooms and suites.
Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman may have conducted much of their love affair at the hotel,[6] and he booked his bride-to-be Josephine Dolan into a suite there on the night before their 1921 wedding.[5]
The hotel is reputedly haunted, particularly Room 207. Some attribute a ghost in that room to Hellman.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Helen Bruton's Tile Murals at the Golden West Hotel". Art and Architecture - San Francisco. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ McElwee, Lincoln (7 May 2014). "Hotel Union Square: San Francisco's First Boutique Hotel at the Heart of it All". AKA Mom Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ mk1005 (June 5, 2013). "Staying At Hotel Union Square in San Francisco". LA Explorer. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Hotel Union Square refurbished in bed-and-breakfast tradition". Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1982. p. E13. ProQuest 153108286.
- ^ a b Humbert, Mike (August 11, 2009). "The Dashiell Hammett Suite at Hotel Union Square". The Dashiell Hammett website. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ a b May, Antoinette (October 31, 2004). "Is there a spirit here tonight?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Hotel Union Square Archived 2023-06-07 at the Wayback Machine