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Collection: Books and Periodicals > Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins

Volume 056-4 - October 2002 (6 pages)

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NCHS Bulletin October 2002 * 1964—Harold and Emma Moneybun bought the hotel for $40,000. * 1972— Arletta M. Douglas bought the hotel and extensively renovated it. * 1980—Mrs. Douglas sold the hotel to Richard Kline. * 1986—Hotel sold to the Capitol Bank of Commerce. *1990—The Holbrooke purchased by Howard and Peggy Levine and four other investors, including Robert Smith, Linda Rasor, Bonnie Bridge and Nancy Alaura. ¢ 2002—Hotel purchased by Donna and Matthew Weaver. Arletta Douglas and a group of local citizens are perhaps responsible for saving the Holbrooke from oblivion. When they purchased the hotel in 1972 it was in a very rundown condition. It was their plan to restore the hotel to its former The Holbrooke Hotel as depicted in the Thompson and West History of Nevada County, California, published in 1880. This view, drawn by artist Thomas Burton, is very similar to the hotel’s appearance today. The onestory Bank of A. Delano on the right side of this lithograph was constructed of brick in 1861. grandeur and turn it into a commercial office establishment. After years of hard work, their plan succeeded. Hence the current title to the dining room as the “Arletta Douglas Room.” Mrs. Douglas and her group were responsible for some of the things that make the Holbrooke unique. For instance they erected the steel balcony that hangs over Main Street, which was an original architectural feature that had disappeared in later years. Also they had the iron lift (elevator) installed. Daniel Osborne designed it and Warren Smith of Nevada City built it. To quote The Union’s “Gold Country” section of April 22, 1975, “The outcome was a masterpiece see-through iron lift that works like an expensive Swiss watch.” The Holbrooke Hotel as it appeared in a photograph taken in 1892, looking down West Main Street. (Searls Historical Library.)