GEM Nominee 1111 G Ave
By Mary Farley, CHA Volunteer & GEM Committee Chair, and Jamie Jamison, CHA Board Member & GEM Committee Member
- 619.435.7242
- 1100 Orange Avenue, Coronado CA 92118
Field Notes
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Bite of History: Researching Your Historic Home 5/13/2021
We are celebrating National Preservation Month with a Bite of History about the incredible resources available at CHA to research the history of your own Coronado home.
GEM Nominee 532 Marina Avenue
By Mary Farley, CHA Volunteer & GEM Committee Chair, and Jamie Jamison, CHA Board Member & GEM Committee Member
#TellTheFullStory Chinese Immigrant Laborers
The all-wood Hotel del Coronado was built in one year, 1887, with a considerable number of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought south from San Francisco and Oakland. Their pay was reputedly around $2 a day.
