Palomar Inn Hotel

Book your room at the Palomar Inn Hotel in Old Town Temecula when attending the Reality Rally.

Hotel Palomar calendar from 1946. Old Town Front Street was the original Highway 395 that went through Temecula.

Welcome to our new neighbor across the street.

Book your room at the Palomar Inn Hotel in Old Town Temecula when attending the Reality Rally.

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Hotel Palomar calendar from 1946. Old Town Front Street was the original Highway 395 that went through Temecula.

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HISTORICAL LANDMARK HOTEL The Palomar Inn was one of three original hotels built in what is now Old Town Temecula. It was the first 'modern' hotel built in Temecula. The hotel had electricity (electricity came to Temecula in 1922) and indoor restrooms. Travelers using the Old Highway 395 (today's Old Town Front Street) stayed at the hotel on their way from Los Angeles to San Diego and back. The Palomar Inn Hotel and the Swing Inn Cafe (then Mother’s Café) are the only ...two historic buildings in Temecula that still contain the same type of business that existed when they were both built in 1927. The hotel was originally built and owned by Lena McCulloch, known as "Hotel McCulloch". It was purchased in 1937 by Irene Gooch and renamed the Palomar Hotel. During the 1940's many of the hotel's guests were military pensioners. The hotel was purchased in 1954 by the late Robert Bob Majeski. Bob was the first president of the Temecula Town Association and organized the original Temecula Pioneer Days. Bob spent many nights at the hotel when in the military and eventually became a full time boarder and handyman prior to its purchase. World Heavyweight Boxing Champions Gene Tunney (1926 28) and Jack Sharkey (1932 -33) were frequent guests of the Palomar Inn Hotel. They were often in town working out in a gymnasium built by Joe Winkels on the second floor of his Ramona Inn (Temecula Olive Oil Company) that is down the street. Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason novels, also stayed at the hotel prior to purchasing his Temecula ranch in 1937. Rumor has it that Clint Eastwood may have stayed at the hotel while shooting an episode of the T.V. Western, Rawhide. In 1993 a devastating flood occurred in Old Town Temecula. The Murrieta Creek overflowed its banks sending several feet of water and mud into the old hotel and other businesses. The high water mark is still visible today on a cabinet in the hotel's lobby. The resulting damage in Old Town and other areas eventually exceeded $21,000,000.

Exhibit from 2011 3rd Grade History Contest sponsored by the Temecula Valley Museum.

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