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Palomar Hotel
Inventory Number: 7
HISTORIC NAME(S): Palomar Hotel


PLAQUE DESIGNATION: Plaque 7

PLAQUE SIZE: 24"w x 12"h

PLAQUE LOCATION: Left of front entrance.

PLAQUE GPS COORDINATES: 33.494975, -117.150593   or   N 33° 29' 41.90", W 117° 9' 2.13"

PLAQUE CONDITION: Good


LOCATION ADDRESS: 28522 Old Town Front Street – Temecula CA 92590

DESCRIPTION: Two-story building

CURRENT NAME OR OCCUPANT: Palomar Hotel

CURRENT OWNER: Carlos Paloma


PLAQUE TEXT:
    Built in 1927. Named Hotel McCulloch after owner Lena McCulloch. In 1937, it was bought by Irene Gooch and renamed the Palomar Hotel. It once contained a drug store and soda fountain and later a Post Office. The Thunderbird Totem was placed by Bob Majeski who purchased the hotel in 1954.
Temecula Valley Historical Society
Plaque 7
Erected 2002
Palomar Hotel