Claremont Club & amp; The Spa, A Fairmont Hotel is a historic hotel located at the foot of Claremont Canyon in Berkeley Hills and is located in the Claremont district that crosses the borders of Berkeley and Oakland. At an altitude (400 feet), the location provides panoramic views of San Francisco Bay. The main hotel building is entirely in Oakland. However, some of the properties, which include spas, parks and parking areas, are within the city limits of Berkeley, and the resort's postal address is Berkeley (41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley CA 94705).
The Berkeley Tennis Club rented part of the hotel's ground from 1917 to 1945. In 1945, the Club bought this section of the field, and remained at 1 Tunnel Road, Berkeley next to the Hotel.
The Claremont has 279 guest rooms, a 20,000 square foot spa (1,900 m 2 ), ten tennis courts, and 22 acre (8,9 ha) landscaped gardens. The romantic story says that it was once won in a game of chess. The hotel was nominated and deemed eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, but was not registered due to the owner's objections. This is the designated Oakland Town Historical Landmark.
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The site where the hotel was built was originally developed by an early Oakland settler, William B. Thornburgh. He built a big house which he called "castle". After his death, the house was sold to John Ballard. On July 14, 1901, the fire that descended from the hill burned the house to the ground. The property was later acquired by a group of investors, including John Hopkins Spring, Francis "Borax" Smith, Frank C. Havens, Louis Titus, and Duncan McDuffie. They formed Claremont Hotel Co. in 1905. Smith and Havens were already involved with what became known as the "Key System", a major transit and real estate development company in the East Bay, whose commuter trains began rolling in 1903.
Construction of the hotel began around 1905, simultaneously with the development of nearby Claremont Park, Duncan McDuffie, but was stalled due to the supply and financial difficulties caused by the 1906 earthquake. Construction back for a while in 1910, but further difficulties hampered progress. Finally, the hotel was completed and opened in 1915 as a Claremont Hotel .
The Transbay Key Route Path (eventually designated as the "E" line) runs right to the door of the Claremont Hotel, close to between tennis courts. Thus, Claremont Hotel guests not only have views of San Francisco, but can go there directly from the front lobby door. The track was removed in 1958 when the Key Route System was dismantled, but the tennis court survived, separated by the path where the tracks first.
Lock System built another large hotel near downtown Oakland, Key Route Inn which also has its own train service.
In addition to direct rail connections, Claremont Hotel is also convenient for vehicular traffic, as it is located along the main route in Berkeley Hills via Claremont Canyon. In 1903, a small tunnel was dug over the next canyon in the south of Claremont Canyon, accessible by a new road nicknamed Tunnel Road, which flows from the end of Ashby Avenue. The same route then leads to a newer and larger tunnel called the Caldecott Tunnel, which opened in 1937. The street address of Claremont is still 41 Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road is the designated part of State Highway 13.
In 1876, a state law was passed that prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within a mile (1.6 km) of the perimeter of the University of California. In 1913, hotel investors sponsored AB 1620 (known as Ferguson's bill), which was supposed to further limit alcohol near churches and schools across the state, but specifically excluded the Claremont Hotel from the dry zone. Influenced by the activism of Berkeley's women's clubs and simplicity groups, the Ferguson bill was defeated by one vote. In 1933 when the ban was lifted, Claremont Hotel continued to suffer because state legislation prohibited the sale of liquor within a mile of the university. In 1937, the law was amended to measure the distance following a road route rather than a straight line, and the hotel could then serve liquors legally. According to a story on the hotel website, a student at the University found out in 1936 that the route was over a mile and was given free drinks for life. However, this point has been openly discussed in 1913.
The hotel has an unusual fire escape which is a spiral spiral for guests to make their escape. Many people over the years, including teenagers who sneak in and ride but the slides finally climb up, and are removed. On the last day the slide is open to the public and anyone who donates to a charity of choice is given a hand towel toothed monogram to slide down.
The Claremont faced destruction in the Oakland fire storms in 1991, but firefighters and winds declined to stop the short fires of the hotel.
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Recent Developments
In 2007, Claremont was acquired by Morgan Stanley. On February 1, 2011, the resort filed for bankruptcy due to losses caused by the ongoing recession. Lenders include Paulson & amp; Co., Winthrop Realty Trust and Capital Trust seize property. In 2013, the owners reached an agreement to sell Claremont and three other properties to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. The Claremont was purchased in March 2014 by the Fairmont Hotel chain and financier Richard Blum.
References
External links
- Official website
- History of Claremont Resort from the Official Website
- Photos: E Train Key System Leaving Hotel Claremont
- Ads in 1919 Automobile Bluebook (publ.1918)
- Claremont Hotel Berkeley, The Craftsman Bungalow
- Around The Claremont, Berkeley Heritage Heritage Association
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