I grew up in Lakeside and did not know this about Lakeside. It was interesting to see the pictures of the hotel. It is sad to think that the hotel was torn down. Thanks for sharing this piece of history.
Some of the wood from the Inn was used to construct part of the building on Woodside Ave. 1/2 block from the Postoffice which housed A Trading Post until several months ago.
It would be imagine a big hotel in lakeside if it wasn’t still a hotel it would have to be the town hall or rec center it looked amazing in the pictures tho
When I was a kid it was a bar still. They use to let us kids (8th grade or so) go in and play on the arcade machines. Then it turned into a sketchy halfway house before I moved. I miss when lakeside was a tiny community.
Barbara Stallings Hogue Unfortunately, this story of John Gay is all wrong. LHS did not do all the research on the facts before this was recorded. John Gay died in 1915 and left the Inn and his possessions to his wife Jeanette. She leased the Inn property to a Mr. Hempel until she sold the Inn in 1919. The Inn was demolished by it's new owners by the name of Judson for salvage in 1920. According to Mr. Gay's deed of the Inn property he did have ownership of Lindo Lake, and he and all the county supervisors at the time were sued. Eventually after 7 years in court the court ruled the Lake did belong to the public in 1919. Mr. Gay's deed, Will is all public record to review as I did. Mr. Gay brought prosperity to Lakeside with his race track and Inn in its day.
Darn that Gay guy....throwing a tantrum like that and having the inn demolished. If you find this interesting, or live in and love Lakeside, Ca. Check out the Facebook page named Legends Of Lakeside
I can't find but am still looking for the story where it was debunked that John Gay did not have the Lakeside Inn torn down. Here is a comment on my FB page regarding this from Billy Ortiz who is a member of the Lakeside Historical Society. BTW... Billy does some awesome videos of Lakeside California and are here on RUclips.
Billy Phototramp Ortiz... Barbara Stallings Hogue is the LHS member that did the research, visited John Gays family and got the real story. Bottom line, video is not our production, at time that it was made, research had had not been done. Gay sold the property in 1920, it was not torn down till 1925. I think that's how it went, right Barbara ? Poor Barbara, don't know how many times she has explained it.
I grew up in Lakeside and did not know this about Lakeside. It was interesting to see the pictures of the hotel. It is sad to think that the hotel was torn down. Thanks for sharing this piece of history.
Wow this just popped up in my newsfeed today. So cool. Wish they could have restored and preserved that hotel.
Some of the wood from the Inn was used to construct part of the building on Woodside Ave. 1/2 block from the Postoffice which housed A Trading Post until several months ago.
Which business?
I wonder if Lakeside would be different if that hotel were still there.
It would be imagine a big hotel in lakeside if it wasn’t still a hotel it would have to be the town hall or rec center it looked amazing in the pictures tho
Bigtime. Like Julian
When I was a kid it was a bar still. They use to let us kids (8th grade or so) go in and play on the arcade machines. Then it turned into a sketchy halfway house before I moved. I miss when lakeside was a tiny community.
You are thinking of the Lakeside Hotel, not the the same place 😎
That is pretty cool dude
I miss my hometown.
Its changed and not like it was.
Barbara Stallings Hogue Unfortunately, this story of John Gay is all wrong. LHS did not do all the research on the facts before this was recorded. John Gay died in 1915 and left the Inn and his possessions to his wife Jeanette. She leased the Inn property to a Mr. Hempel until she sold the Inn in 1919. The Inn was demolished by it's new owners by the name of Judson for salvage in 1920. According to Mr. Gay's deed of the Inn property he did have ownership of Lindo Lake, and he and all the county supervisors at the time were sued. Eventually after 7 years in court the court ruled the Lake did belong to the public in 1919. Mr. Gay's deed, Will is all public record to review as I did. Mr. Gay brought prosperity to Lakeside with his race track and Inn in its day.
Oh thank you for putting this up Barbara and thanks for the hard work in trying to clear this man's name. :)
i like your vids lakeside historical
Killer vid!
Very interesting
what about the flood from the dam
I live here
Same tho
Tansy UwU: do you know who michael madalo is
So who owned it in 1904 when John Gay bought it? Who did he purchase it from?
Sounds like Monterey & the Del Monte empire.
So man hasn't changed !! Mr "GAY" fencing off everything saying it was his !
I LIVE HERE
Bonnie Smith: me too
Me too
Darn that Gay guy....throwing a tantrum like that and having the inn demolished. If you find this interesting, or live in and love Lakeside, Ca. Check out the Facebook page named Legends Of Lakeside
I can't find but am still looking for the story where it was debunked that John Gay did not have the Lakeside Inn torn down. Here is a comment on my FB page regarding this from Billy Ortiz who is a member of the Lakeside Historical Society.
BTW... Billy does some awesome videos of Lakeside California and are here on RUclips.
Billy Phototramp Ortiz... Barbara Stallings Hogue is the LHS member that did the research, visited John Gays family and got the real story. Bottom line, video is not our production, at time that it was made, research had had not been done. Gay sold the property in 1920, it was not torn down till 1925. I think that's how it went, right Barbara ? Poor Barbara, don't know how many times she has explained it.