The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows

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The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows
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The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows is located in California
The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows
Location within California
General information
Location2223 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104
Coordinates32°45′18″N 117°8′26″W / 32.75500°N 117.14056°W / 32.75500; -117.14056Coordinates: 32°45′18″N 117°8′26″W / 32.75500°N 117.14056°W / 32.75500; -117.14056
Opening1 July 1946
ManagementR.A. Rauch & Associates, Inc.
Technical details
Floor count5
Other information
Number of rooms131
Number of suites32
Number of restaurants2
ParkingCovered Garage and Exterior Parking Available
Website
Official Website
The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows
NRHP reference No.12000443
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 2012[1]

The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows is a hotel in San Diego, California, United States that opened July 1, 1946. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 2012.[2][3]

The Lafayette's original name was Imig Manor, owned by local entrepreneur Larry Imig. The Lafayette was originally built at a cost of $2 million on El Cajon Boulevard. When Imig Manor opened in 1946, its first guest was Bob Hope; other celebrities followed.[4] “The buildings and the pool are steeped in the history of Hollywood’s heyday, the 1940s and ’50s,” according to the developer.[5]

By 1960, Interstate 8 replaced El Cajon Boulevard as the main east-west connector of San Diego, and hotel operations ceased due to the loss of through traffic on El Cajon Boulevard. The building was passed through several owners, until Hampstead Lafayette Partners purchased 2.6 acres (11,000 m2) in North Park, including the Lafayette Hotel, for $11.5 million in March 2004. Hampstead Partners is restoring the Lafayette as a boutique hotel. In 2010 a year-long, $4 million facelift was announced, aided by a $2.4 million loan from the city's Redevelopment Agency.[6] District 3 City Councilmember Todd Gloria called the revitalization a return to the hotel's “glamour and opulence.”[5]

The hotel has a swimming pool designed by Johnny Weissmuller,[6] a ballroom, and 131 guest suites, each named for a great name in film history.

In popular culture[]

The Lafayette Hotel served as a film set for the feature film Top Gun.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 7/30/12 through 8/3/12". National Park Service. August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Brown, Jodie; Winterrowd, Cathy (April 12, 2012). "STAFF RECOMMENDATION" (PDF). City of San Diego Historical Resources Board.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail". National Park Service. July 31, 2012. Retrieved 2021-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Lafayette Hotel website:history
  5. ^ a b Joseph, Peña (April 16, 2010). "North Park hotel gets a $4 million face lift, greens operations in the process". San Diego News Network. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  6. ^ a b c "Lafayette Hotel to get $4 million rehab". North Park News. May 24, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved 2021-03-01.

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