Southern Hotel ~- Perris, California - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From http://southernhotel.org/

"In 1886, Swiss immigrants, Bernardo and Marcellina Bernasconi completed construction of the Southern Hotel. It was the first hotel in Perris to readily meet the needs of travelers and miners in the San Jacinto Valley. In 1901, in order to be closer to the schools, Marcellina converted the hotel to the family’s weekday private residence, moving in with her six children.

Matilda, the eldest daughter of the Bernasconi children was the last to live in the hotel as a private residence. Once she passed away in 1982, the hotel became abandoned, was declared an eyesore, public nuisance, and set ablaze in two back-to-back arson fires.

In 1990, brothers, Leon E. and John D. Motte purchased the Southern Hotel’s property, restoring it to like new again."

Street address: 445 S D Street Perris, California 92570 County / Borough / Parish: Riverside Year listed: 1992 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   12/23/2011 brwhiz visited it