Catherine Hotel on Catalina)

An introduction and general information about the former Catherine Hotel on Catalina Island in Southern California. See also other Hotels and All Overnight Accommodations on Catalina Island.

NAME: Catherine Hotel
ORIGINAL NAME: Sunset House
LATER NAME: Sunset Apartments
STILL LATER NAME: Jade Pagoda
FIRST OPENED: Sometime before 1898
PURCHASED BY THE CONSERVANCY: 2012 (February or April?)
CLOSED: ?
NUMBER OF STARS: ?
NUMBER OF ROOMS: ? (smoking?)
NUMBER OF FLOORS: ? (elevator?)
ADDRESS: Formerly located at 708 Crescent Avenue (at Pebbly Beach Road)
LOCATION: City of Avalon, Catalina Island, California

- West facing hotel
- Blue and white cottage style architeCture
- known for the "coldest and cheapest beer in town"
- Original structure built sometime before 1898
- Original name was "Sunset House"
- Later name (for many years) was "Sunset Apartments" (a boarding house)
- Former Police chief Don Davies took over the property in the 1950's
- He did major renovations and re-opened it as a hotel, bar, and restaurant
- That hotel and restaurant's name was "Jade Pagoda".
- In 1967 Catherine Pettit bought the hotel
- She gave the hotel its last name: "Catherine Hotel" (45 years name)
- Hotel bought by the Catalina Conservancy in 2012
- They demolished it and built a large visitors center with a restaurant abd bar
- That center was expected to open in the frist half of 2019.

Catherine Hotel Sold in 2012 | PDF Flyer
ADDRESS: 708 Crescent Avenue (at Pebbly Beach Road
ZONING: AC1: Avalon Commercial
ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER: 7480-005-003SALE DATE: February 22, 2012
TRANSFER DATE: March 20, 2012
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $4,695,000
LIST PRICE AT POINT OF SALE: $3,995,000
SALE PRICE: $2,400,000
YEAR BUILT: 1911 (some sources say late 1800's)
LOT SIZE: 6,209 square feet
BUILDING SIZE: 7,623
NUMBER OF UNITS: 16 ?????
----- 14 bedrooms with baths
----- Manager's Unit
----- Dining and Dancing area
----- a full bar
----- undeveloped lot behind the hotel
------ Viewing dekcs
- cabaret license
- liquor license
- staionless steel kitchen
- indoor and outdoor dining areas
NUMBER OF FLOORS: 3
CONDITIION AT TIME OF SALE: Fair to Poor
PARKING: Small parking loty

- Across the street from the beach
- at the east end of the boardwalk area
- closest hotel to the boat dock
- small grassy park os across the road from s south side of the hotel
- Several rooms have views of Avalon Bay and the Pacific Ocean
- sale included a liquor license and cabaret license (based on ABC approval)

- Daily Breeze "Conservancy’s Catherine Hotel Plan Draws Criticism" Article
- Catalina Islander "Catherine Hotel is Going Down" Article
- eCatalina "Conservancy Buys Catherine Hotel" 2012 Article
- Islapedia "Cathering Hotel Santa Catalina Island" Article

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