Old Bella Union Hotel, located at 314 North Main Street, 1939

1939, The old Bella Union Hotel, located at 314 North Main Street. The hotel had become a shadow of its former self. In its glory days it had served as the County Courthouse until October 1851, and in 1860 was the location of a champagne fete celebrating the connection of San Francisco and Los Angeles by telegraph. (Burton O. Burt - Works Progress Administration Collection) https://buff.ly/3Y7stZ9.  Thank you to LAPL.