Mira Mar Motor Inn & Restaurant/Ship Room, Oceanside, CA (hotel) - Locating Tiki

TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:05 PM Ok Sven, here are a couple of instances where it was referred to as polynesian. The first is a historical timeline that was published by the Oceanside Magazine in Fall of 2008. It said: "50 Years Ago Construction on a quarter-million-dollar motel addition to the MiraMar Restaurant in Oceanside will begin in about two weeks, O. M. Morris, owner of the property, announced yesterday after opening of bids. The MiraMar motel will be a two-story building with garage space below the first floor. D. R. Daugherty and Frank Marcom, operators of the MiraMar Restaurant, will supervise construction. Architects plan a Polynesian motif for the motel." And next is an article in the Oceanside Blade Tribune newspaper from 1958. "Sept. 23, 1958 OCEANSIDE BLADE TRIBUNE CONSTRUCTION OF $250,000 MIRAMAR MOTEL BEGINS SOON Construction on a quarter-million-dollar motel addition to the MiraMar Restaurant in Oceanside will begin in about two weeks, O. M. Morris, owner of the property, announced yesterday after opening of bids. Lowest of eight bidders on the 32-unit project was E. E. Betraun of Vista. His base bid was $179,932. Morris said that a contract would be signed with Betraun some time this week. Other bidders were Richardson Brothers, Oceanside, $190,000; Dale Benz, Inc., San Diego, $186,900; T. A. Stanfield, San Diego, $201,462; Riha Construction Company, San Diego, $199,350; Douglass Construction Company, San Clememte, $183,000; Nielson Construction Company, San Diego, $201,404; and; Frank A. Gould, Escondido, $186,664. Betraun is the builder of the Oceanside Community Center and the local County Health Center. Including cost of furnishings and value of land, Morris estimated that the total project's cost would be about $250,000. Completion is expected in about five months. The MiraMar motel will be a two-story building with garage space below the first floor. Features include soundproof walls and floors, tile baths, electric heat, switchboard telephone service, television and a heated swimming pool. D. R. (Mike) Daugherty and Frank Marcom, operators of the MiraMar Restaurant, will supervise the construction. Architects Paderewski, Mitchell and Dean of San Diego said they plan a Polynesian motif for the motel. " I don't know if the architect Paderewski actually worked on this hotel, or if it was someone else at his firm. But here is some interesting info on him. http://www.modernsandiego.com/Paderewski.html I'm going to continue to research for better visual proof. Maybe their plans were for polynesian, but were scaled back. I'm hoping to find some visual proof either way, eventually.

Ok Sven, here are a couple of instances where it was referred to as polynesian.

The first is a historical timeline that was published by the Oceanside Magazine in Fall of 2008. It said:

"50 Years Ago
Construction on a quarter-million-dollar motel addition to the MiraMar Restaurant in Oceanside will begin in about two weeks, O. M. Morris, owner of the property, announced yesterday after opening of bids.

The MiraMar motel will be a two-story building with garage space below the first floor. D. R. Daugherty and Frank Marcom, operators of the MiraMar Restaurant, will supervise construction. Architects plan a Polynesian motif for the motel."

And next is an article in the Oceanside Blade Tribune newspaper from 1958.

"Sept. 23, 1958 OCEANSIDE BLADE TRIBUNE

CONSTRUCTION OF $250,000 MIRAMAR MOTEL BEGINS SOON

Construction on a quarter-million-dollar motel addition to the MiraMar Restaurant in Oceanside will begin in about two weeks, O. M. Morris, owner of the property, announced yesterday after opening of bids.
Lowest of eight bidders on the 32-unit project was E. E. Betraun of Vista. His base bid was $179,932. Morris said that a contract would be signed with Betraun some time this week.
Other bidders were Richardson Brothers, Oceanside, $190,000; Dale Benz, Inc., San Diego, $186,900; T. A. Stanfield, San Diego, $201,462; Riha Construction Company, San Diego, $199,350; Douglass Construction Company, San Clememte, $183,000; Nielson Construction Company, San Diego, $201,404; and; Frank A. Gould, Escondido, $186,664.
Betraun is the builder of the Oceanside Community Center and the local County Health Center.
Including cost of furnishings and value of land, Morris estimated that the total project's cost would be about $250,000. Completion is expected in about five months.
The MiraMar motel will be a two-story building with garage space below the first floor. Features include soundproof walls and floors, tile baths, electric heat, switchboard telephone service, television and a heated swimming pool.
D. R. (Mike) Daugherty and Frank Marcom, operators of the MiraMar Restaurant, will supervise the construction.
Architects Paderewski, Mitchell and Dean of San Diego said they plan a Polynesian motif for the motel. "

I don't know if the architect Paderewski actually worked on this hotel, or if it was someone else at his firm. But here is some interesting info on him.

http://www.modernsandiego.com/Paderewski.html

I'm going to continue to research for better visual proof. Maybe their plans were for polynesian, but were scaled back. I'm hoping to find some visual proof either way, eventually.

Post #444410 by Tiki Shaker on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:05 PM