{{Short description|Former hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Sackett Hotel | image = Sackett Hotel ca1888.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The hotel in 1888 | coordinates = {{coord|34.1015|-118.3298|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | architectural_style = | address = Southwest corner of Prospect Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard | years_built = 1888 | renovation_date = | closing_date = 1905 | demolished_date = 1910 | cost = | floor_count = 3 | architect = | material = wood | owner = Horace David Sackett<br>Ellen Sackett }}
The '''Sackett Hotel''' was a hotel located on the southwest corner of Prospect Avenue (now Hollywood Boulevard) and Cahuenga Boulevard in what is now Hollywood, California.
==History== {{Image frame|width=250|content=250px |caption=The hotel in 1905|align=left}}
Sackett Hotel, the first hotel in the area that would later be known as Hollywood, was built by Horace David Sackett and Ellen Sackett in 1888,<ref name=waterandpower>{{cite web |title=Early Views of Hollywood (1850–1920) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Hollywood_(1850-1920).html |page=1 |publisher=Water and Power Associates |accessdate=July 29, 2024 }}</ref> on land bought from Harvey Henderson Wilcox for $2000 {{USDCY|2000|1888}}. Located on the corner of Prospect Avenue (Hollywood Boulevard today) and Cahuenga Boulevard, the hotel was three stories tall, featured a mansard roof, and was made of wood.<ref name=hhprc>{{cite web |title=Hollywood History Gone |url=https://www.hhprc.org/blog/hollywood-history-gone |publisher=Hollywood Heritage |author=Mary Mallory |date=July 28, 2021 }}</ref>
When the hotel opened, its first floor featured a lobby and parlor facing Prospect and a mercantile shop facing Cahuenga, while its second floor featured eighteen rooms and one community bathroom. Pepper trees surrounded and provided shade to the property, and a large corral and barn were built for guests and neighbors behind the building.<ref name=hhprc/><ref name=hwoodbook>{{cite book |title=Images of America — Early Hollywood |first1=Marc |last1=Wanamaker |first2=Robert W. |last2=Nudelman |page=20 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-7385-4792-3}}</ref>
In 1891, the building began housing the area's first post office,<ref name=hwoodbook/> which was run by the hotel owners' daughter, Mary Sackett.<ref name=hhprc/>
Sackett Hotel closed in 1905, as it was unable to compete with the nearby Hollywood Hotel. After closure, the building was sold to Henry Gillig and remained unoccupied for five years. Then, in 1910 the building was sold for $28,000 {{USDCY|28000|1910}} to J.P. Creque, who razed it and built the Creque Building in its place.<ref name=waterandpower/><ref name=hhprc/>
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Category:Hollywood Boulevard Category:Defunct organizations based in Hollywood, Los Angeles Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1888 Category:1888 establishments in California Category:1905 disestablishments in California Category:Demolished hotels in Los Angeles Category:Defunct hotels in Los Angeles Category:History of Los Angeles