Claremont Hotel & Spa
| Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel | |
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In 2006
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| General information | |
| Location | Oakland, California, United States |
| Address | 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, California |
| Coordinates | 37°51′32″N 122°14′30″W / 37.8588°N 122.2418°WCoordinates: 37°51′32″N 122°14′30″W / 37.8588°N 122.2418°W |
| Opening | 1915 |
| Owner | Fairmont Hotels and Resorts |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Charles William Dickey Walter D. Reed |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 279 |
| Number of suites | Studio Suites Petite Queen Suites |
| Number of restaurants |
Meritage at the Claremont Limewood Bayview Café |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel is a historic hotel situated at the foot of Claremont Canyon in the Berkeley Hills and located in the Claremont district which straddles the city limits of Berkeley and Oakland. At its elevation (400 feet), the location provides scenic views of San Francisco Bay. The main hotel building is entirely in Oakland. However, a portion of the property, which includes the spa, the gardens and parking area, falls within the city limits of Berkeley, and the resort's mailing address is Berkeley (41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley CA 94705).
The Berkeley Tennis Club leased a portion of the hotel grounds from 1917 to 1945. In 1945, the Club purchased this section of the grounds, and remains located at 1 Tunnel Road, Berkeley next to the Hotel.
The Claremont has 279 guest rooms, a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) spa, 10 tennis courts, and 22 acres (8.9 ha) of landscaped gardens. Romantic stories tell that it was once won in a checkers game. The Hotel was nominated and deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, but was not listed due to owner objection. It is a designated Oakland City Historical Landmark.
The site upon which the hotel was constructed was originally developed by an early settler of Oakland, William B. Thornburgh. He constructed a large home which he called a "castle". After his death, the home was sold to John Ballard. On July 14, 1901, a wildfire descending from the hills burned the home to the ground. The property was subsequently acquired by a group of investors, including John Hopkins Spring, Francis "Borax" Smith, Frank C. Havens, Louis Titus, and Duncan McDuffie. They formed the Claremont Hotel Co. in 1905. Smith and Havens were already involved with what came to be known as the "Key System", a major transit and real estate development company in the East Bay, whose commuter trains began rolling in 1903.
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