Mission Ranch

Mission Ranch
Mission Ranch, Carmel.
Location26270 Dolores Street, Carmel, California, US
Coordinates36°33′19″N 121°55′24″W / 36.55528°N 121.92333°W / 36.55528; -121.92333
Built1852
Built forJohn Martin
Rebuilt1986
OwnerClint Eastwood

Mission Ranch is a historic hotel and restaurant in Carmel, Monterey County, California, United States. It is located in the unincorporated Mission Tract south of the incorporated city of Carmel-by-the-Sea, near the Carmel Mission, at 26270 Dolores Street.[1] The property was bought in 1986 by Clint Eastwood, who restored the premises in the style of the original buildings. The hotel has 31 rooms located within ten buildings on the property.

History

Mission Ranch meadow land with sheep grazing
Eucalyptus tree dating back to late 1800s at Mission Ranch (June 2022)

W. J. Curtis built a creamery at the ranch in 1897.[2] The owner retired from the dairy business in 1917 and put 65 cows up for auction.[3]

Carmel Martin, the youngest of the Martin boys, sold the ranch on August 23, 1929, to millionaire tycoon Willis J. Walker of Pebble Beach, who was chairman of the Red River Lumber Company.[4]

Clint Eastwood bought the ranch in 1986, rescuing it from a condominium development. He restored the property in the style of the original buildings. Buildings on the property reflect the architectural period of the 1850s, that includes the restaurant and dance barn and the century old Martin farmhouse and bunkhouse.[5][6]

In the 1959 movie A Summer Place, with characters Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) and Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire) have a beach house, which was filmed at the Clinton Walker House with scenes filmed at a cottage located at Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "City of Carmel-by-the-Sea 2011 Municipal Service and Sphere of Influence Review" (PDF). Local Agency Formation Commission of Monterey County. January 24, 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "Salinas Daily Journal". he Californian. Salinas, California. March 14, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Auction, 65 Choice Holsten Cows and Heifers". The Californian. Salinas, California. November 6, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Caveins Give Clue to Lost Padre Mine". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. March 11, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Eastwood Purchases Historic Mission Ranch". The Californian. Salinas, California. December 11, 1986. p. 2. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Seavey, Kent (2007). Carmel, A History in Architecture. Arcadia Pub. p. 23. ISBN 9780738547053. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Susanne Hopkins (September 5, 1996). "Eastwood Style: Clint's Resort Will Make Your Days (and Nights) California Carefree". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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