| Goold Building | |
|---|---|
 Goold Building, Carmel, California | |
| Location | Ocean Ave & San Carlos St, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, US |
| Coordinates | 36°33′18″N 121°55′18″W / 36.55500°N 121.92167°W |
| Built | 1935 |
| Built by | Michael J. Murphy |
| Current use | Retail store |
| Architect | Guy O. Koepp |
| Architectural style(s) | Spanish Revival Monterey Colonial |
  Goold Bldg. Goold Building | |
The Goold Building is a historic two-story concrete commercial building in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The building is an example of Spanish Colonial Revival and Monterey Colonial styles. The building qualified as an important commercial building in the city's downtown historic district property survey and was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on February 3, 2003.[1] The building been used as a retail store since 1990s.[2]
History
Hotel Carmel
Note to be confused with Hotel Carmelo
The large two-story wood-shingled Hotel Carmel was built in 1898 by pioneer D. W. Johnson on the corner of San Carlos Street and Ocean Avenue. The original property was once owned by the Carmel Development Company. It was Carmel's second oldest hotel as Hotel Carmelo was built in 1889.[3]
The hotel was purchased by Dr. A. A. Canfield, who managed it, and later purchased by Charles O. Goold. In 1916, Goold rented the hotel space to various businesses such as the Lucky Boy Market, the Erickson's Carmel Dairy, and to Kenneth Wood for his real estate office.[4]
On July 25, 1931, the Goold building was badly damaged by a fire that started in the antic of the building. The Carmel Fire Department was able to limit the damage to about $2,000 (equivalent to $38,486 in 2022). At the time, the building held the office of Peter Mawdsley, a Carmel real estate agent, and the Carmel Dairy. The upper floor was occupied by Mrs. Robert Erickson, daughter of Goold, who was not in the building during the fire. Goold died on December 2, 1931, and the site remained vacant until 1935.[5]
New Goold building
A new Goold Building was built in July 1935. It is a large two-story concrete rectangular Spanish Colonial Revival style commercial building located at the same location on Ocean Avenue and San Carlos Street. It was built for Goold's wife Mary A. Goold, son Kenneth Goold, and Amy J. Goold. A grand opening of the building was announced in the July 12, 1934 Carmel Pine Cone with Carmel's first home-owned dime-store, operated by Victor D. Graham. Bostick & Wood occupied a large space on the corner of the building.[6][4]
Two parts of the building, on the San Carlos Street side, are joined by a skylighted staircase, with Moorish tile risers and wrought iron gate, that leads to the top floor that were once used as apartments for the Goold family. They became offices for the Carmel Pine Cone from 1970 to 2000. The section of the building facing Ocean Avenue was designed by architect Guy O. Koepp and built by master builder Michael J. Murphy in 1935.[7] The building has a Spanish tiled hipped roof with overhanging eaves with a Monterey style balcony that wraps around the corner and supported by curved wooded corbels. The ground floor has a recessed corner entrance and deep-set display windows with white concrete walls. The upper floor has multi-pane windows. In 1988, a second story addition was added on the north end of the building with Spanish detail of the 1935 structure.[1]
The building qualified for inclusion in the city's Downtown Historic District Property Survey, and was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on February 3, 2003. The building qualifies under the California Register criterion 3, in architecture as a significant example of Spanish Colonial Revival and Monterey Colonial styles. The Spanish designs, that dominated the commercial design of Carmel from 1925 to 1935 are similar to the Kocher Building (1927), El Paseo Building (1927), and the La Ribera Hotel (1929), now the Cypress Inn.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Richard N Janick (February 3, 2003). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ↑ Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 8, 86–87. ISBN 9781467103039. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Dramov, Alissandra (2022). Past & Present Carmel-By-The-Sea. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 9781467108980. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- 1 2 Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9780913548738. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Historic Carmel Building Is Damaged by Sectacular Fire". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 31 July 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ↑ "Contractors Do Fine Job On New Building". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 12 July 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ↑ "Murphy Gets Contract". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 24 May 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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