C. 1928 SONOMA MISSION INN SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA GOLF GOLFING MINERL SPRINGS

Description

C. 1928 SONOMA MISSION INN SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA GOLF GOLFING MINERAL SPRINGS
DESCRIPTION:
Circa 1928 brochure promoting the Sonoma Mission Inn, Sonoma, Sonoma County, California; Beautiful period color cover printed on a single sheet folded twice into 8 panels the dimensions of which are approximately 9 inches by 16 inches open and 9 inches by 4 inches folded.
DATE:
The Inn was built in
1927
and the golf course built in
1928
and sold a few years later during the depression.
The booklet refers to the new 18-hole golf course which
places the pamphlet around 1928
.
This is further confirmed by late 1920’s automobiles in one photo.
CONDITION:
Very Good plus [SEE SCANS].
SECURITY
: ARGUS BOOKS [or other wording] in light grey may have been super-imposed over images for security and are not on the actual item.
HISTORY:
The hot mineral springs [that lie below the Sonoma Mission Inn] were first discovered by Native Americans who considered the site a sacred healing ground. Commercial development came years later, in 1840, and was accomplished by T.M. Leavenworth, a physician, and the last alcalde of San Francisco.
Leavenworth built a home on the Sonoma land in 1849. In 1895, Captain Henry Ernest Boyes and his wife purchased the land and house from Leavenworth.
Mineral Springs
: Upon hearing about the hot springs that supposedly ran beneath their land, they dug two wells and discovered the thermal mineral water. They installed a pipe system, directing the waters into a huge tub.
Within five years, they had built the Boyes Hot Springs Hotel.
The hotel and most of Boyes Hot Springs were destroyed in a 1923 fire.
It wasn't until 1927 that a new inn was completed
; containing three floors, and built in the traditional style of a Spanish mission.
Sonoma Golf Club:
Designed under the auspices of Sonoma Mission Inn in 1928 by Sam Whiting, architect of San Francisco's prestigious Olympic Club Lake Course, the historic golf course was sold during the Great Depression.
When the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the country into the Great Depression, the resort ended up in receivership. The property remained closed until 1933, when it was purchased by hotelier Emily Long, who restored the hotel to its former glory.
During World War II, the hotel came under the control of the United States Navy, and was used as an R&R site for sailors and Marines until 1945.
PROVENANCE:
This brochure was distributed by The H. C. Capwell Co. Travel Bureau, Oakland, Calif. with its imprint stamped on the back cover.
SHIPPING:
All paper items that are 1/4 of an inch thick or less are shipped between two double-walled pieces of cardboard [equal to 4 sheets of cardboard and virtually impossible to bend] by Media mail and at actual cost [unless other arrangements have been made with seller].