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Farmers Exchange:
Hotel on the east side of L St, between 1st and Railroad. Washington Hotel: Was on the SE corner of 1st and L. Valley Hotel: On the SW corner of 1st and L. The Annex on the right remains. Livermore Hotel: By the flagpole. See Also: Downtown - Businesses |
See Also: Valley Hotel - Washington Hotel
Farmers Exchange Hotel, located on the east side of L Street between 1st and Railroad, just south of the SP railroad depot (Where KFC is now). The closest hotel to the railroad Depot, the Farmers Exchange Hotel was illustrated in the Atlas of Alameda County. The hotel was renamed Travelers Hotel In the 1920s and served as the Greyhound bus depot for many years before being torn down in 1963. It also had the name Lutz Hotel.
Drawing of the Farmers Exchange Hotel from the Thompson and West
Alameda County Atlas, 1878. "Property of Meritz
Hupers, Livermore, Alameda Co. Cal." L Street is in front of the
hotel. Along the left is part of a wide area that at times had side tracks
off the main SP railroad line. The main line would be more to the left
(north).
Photo taken from the west side of L, where Groth Brothers is now.
It is now known who is standing against the flagpole on top of the building, or
why they are there.
Yes, this is the same building, now a Greyhound bus station and
hotel. Presumably stuccoed, with other architectural as well as functional
changes. See the Independence Hall
photos for a similar transformation. The building in this form can be seen
in several aerial photos.
The Farmer's Exchange Hotel location today (March 2003)
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