SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL

SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL
1925 - 1995
ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SKEELS HOTEL, WHICH WAS OWNED AND
OPERATED BY HARRY AND CYNTHIA SKEELS AS A HOTEL AND
RESTAURANT FROM 1925 TO 1948.
THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS ALTERED IN 1938 TO ACCOMMODATE THE
WIDENING OF MONTEREY HIGHWAY BY 30 FEET. FROM 1948 TO 1992
THE BUILDING WAS USED FOR RETAIL BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND
FLOOR AND APARTMENTS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AMONG EARLY VISITORS TO THE HOTEL WERE THE CROWN PRINCE
AND PRINCESS OF SWEDEN WHO VISITED ON THEIR WAY TO THE
DEDICATION OF THE SVEADAL SUMMER RESORT IN UVAS CANYON
AND CLEMENT C. YOUNG, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, WHILE ON A
CAMPAIGN TOUR.
COUSINS OF THE SKEELS FAMILY, WHO ARE THE ONLY MEMBERS STILL
RESIDING IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF
VISITING HARRY, CYNTHIA AND THEIR PET PARROT, "POLLY , AT THE
RESTAURANT AND HOTEL.
THE MORGAN HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
RETAINING THE ORIGINAL FLAG POLE WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED ON
THE ROOF OF THE NEW BUILDING.

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