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Hotel Union Square

Hotel in San Francisco, California, USA

Hotel Union Square

Hotel in San Francisco, California, USA

Hotel Union Square

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

The hotel was built in 1908 as the Golden West Hotel, for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. During the Prohibition Era, a 10000 sqft 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 1935, Egyptian-style mosaics by Helen Bell Bruton were added in the entryway.

In the 1950s, the hotel was renamed the Golden State Hotel. It was extensively renovated in 2008, when a Dashiell Hammett Suite was created in Room 505.{{Cite web

Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman may have conducted much of their love affair at the hotel,{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/31/PKGMK9GJ381.DTL

The hotel is reputedly haunted, particularly Room 207. Some attribute a ghost in that room to Hellman.

References

References

  1. "Helen Bruton's Tile Murals at the Golden West Hotel".
  2. McElwee, Lincoln. (7 May 2014). "Hotel Union Square: San Francisco's First Boutique Hotel at the Heart of it All".
  3. mk1005. (June 5, 2013). "Staying At Hotel Union Square in San Francisco".
  4. (April 19, 1982). "Hotel Union Square refurbished in bed-and-breakfast tradition". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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