Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian beach resort—it was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is the second-largest wooden structure in the United States (after the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon).
| Hotel del Coronado | |
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Aerial view of Hotel del Coronado, 2016 | |
Location within California Hotel del Coronado (the United States) | |
| General information | |
| Location | United States |
| Address | 1500 Orange Avenue Coronado, California |
| Coordinates | 32.6809°N 117.1784°W |
| Opening | February 19, 1888 136 years ago |
| Owner | The Blackstone Group |
| Management | Curio Collection by Hilton |
| Height | 120 Ft (36.6 M) Architecturally 140 Ft (42.7 M) Tip of flagpole |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Reid & Reid |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 757 |
| Number of suites | Junior Suites Victorian Suites Signature Suite Resort Suites Beach Village cottages Beach Village Cottages & Villas |
| Number of restaurants | 7 |
| Website | |
| hoteldel.com | |
Hotel del Coronado | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000181 |
| CHISL No. | 844 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1971 |
| Designated NHL | May 5, 1977 |
| Designated CHISL | 1970 |
When the hotel opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities and been featured in numerous films and books.
The hotel has received a Four Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association and was listed in 2011 by USA Today among the top ten resorts in the world.
Hotel del Coronado is sometimes regarded as "haunted" due to the mysterious death of Kate Morgan, a guest who was found dead on the hotel's exterior staircase on November 29, 1892, a mere five days after checking into Room 3327.
It has also been claimed that Room 502, the room of a former maid, is the site paranormal activity, as well. The door to Room 502 has a special peephole for visitors to look into, and Hotel del Coronado offers tours of the room from their website.