Past Post: Camlin Hotel And Cabanas
September 30th, 2008 @ 1:31 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post
What a day. The largest point drop in U.S. market, ever. Now that’s history 
Woah, emoticon. At the risk of merely looking back to the “good old days,” here is an old postcard showing The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas. The hotel had its own financial troubles. Just after opening in 1926, questionable withdrawals were noticed and State Supervisor of Savings and Loans W.L. Nicely said:
Woah, emoticon. At the risk of merely looking back to the “good old days,” here is an old postcard showing The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas. The hotel had its own financial troubles. Just after opening in 1926, questionable withdrawals were noticed and State Supervisor of Savings and Loans W.L. Nicely said:
“This resulted in the meeting of the officers and directors with the supervisor October 2, when it was decided, with my advice and concurrence, that instead of closing the institution, the interests of the shareholder would be better served by securing an agreement with Linden and Campbell to make restitution as far as possible by turning over to the association all of their personal and other holdings, including the Camlin Apartment Hotel, under a trust agreement, and that, under the direction of the supervisor an endeavor would be made to restore the impairment of the capital of the association, the same officers and directors to continue in office, and the completion of the Camlin Apartment Hotel, which is under construction, to be carried out.”
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| The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas. Seattle’s distinguished hotel to which has been added the attractive features of the modern motel. Smart tower rooms or cabanas with private lanais. Swim pool, sun deck. Cloud Room and Sky Terrace, high atop the tower, for dining or cocktails. Downtown, handy to everything. Plenty of free parking, free television. |
September 30th, 2008 @ 9:04 am
This post reminds me of when the Camlin closed (2003?) and sold off all of its interior furnishings. When the individual hotel rooms were being renovated before the public sale, they discovered that hidden behind walls in many rooms were perfectly preserved 1920-1930s kitchenettes, that had been left “as is,” some of them complete with pots and pans. They were just walled over and forgotten! I, along with many others, attended the sale early one morning just to see these kitchenettes.
I can’t find any articles about this online, although I think there was a feature in the newspaper. Does anyone else remember this and have photos?
September 30th, 2008 @ 11:47 am
That’s fascinating stuff about the kitchenettes.
September 30th, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
Very amusing. I would have liked to have sat in on the meeting where was decided!
General feature on the 2003 remodeling. The specific mention is about two-thirds down:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030917&slug=camlin17