Glen-Holly Hotel

Glen-Holly Hotel
Glen-Holly Hotel, 1890s
General information
Status	Demolished
Location	Ivar Avenue at Yucca Street
Town or city	Hollywood, California
Coordinates	34°6′13.99″N 118°19′41.34″W
Construction started	1887[1]
Opened	1895
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Joakim Berg
Other information
Number of rooms	20

The Glen-Holly Hotel was a hotel built in the area of southern California that would later become Hollywood in 1895.[2] It was located just north of Prospect Avenue, now Hollywood Boulevard, on Ivar Avenue at Yucca Street.[3]

The Glen-Holly Hotel was the second hotel constructed in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles County (Sackett Hotel was the first). It was built by Joakim Berg, a noted artist of the 1890s in the region. At the hotel's opening, it had twenty rooms and one bath. A horse carriage called a tallyho took guests from downtown Los Angeles to the hotel.[3]

The hotel's original owner, Charles M. Pierce, became operator of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad's Balloon Route in 1904. The hotel, a stop on the line that went from downtown Los Angeles to West Los Angeles and the west side beaches, was used by the route as lunch stop.[3][4]

D. L. Allen later took over management of the Glen-Holly Hotel, and added a billiard hall, bowling alley, and livery service.[3][5]

The hotel, a landmark of the area, was later demolished.[3]

References

1. Zollo, Paul (2002). Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age. Cooper Square Press. p. 9. ISBN 9781589796034. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
2. Williams, Gregory Paul (2005). The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History. BL Press. ISBN 978-0-9776299-0-9.
3. "Early Views of Hollywood (1850–1920)". Water and Power Associates. p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
4. erha.org Balloon Route line
5. Ruth Wallach; Linda McCann; Dace Taube; Claude Zachary; Curtis C. Roseman (2008). Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood (PDF). Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7385-5906-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2014.