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Additional cabins were built in the late 1940s. By 1952 the property consisted of the lodge, dining hall, kitchen, bathhouse, swimming pool, hay barn, horse shed, four cottages, toilets, the cook's house (the original Sifford cabin), a duplex cabin and the foundation for another, and a variety of utility buildings and sheds totaling 28 structures.
In 1884, these structures were ruined in a flood. The following year a new hotel, cabins, a bathhouse, horse stables, and camping area was built by A. W. Blumberg. The redeveloped hot springs resort could accommodate 100 people (not including campers.) [7] In 1889, the Matilija post office was built, it remained in use until 1916. [6]
In 1912, Mercy sold the property to Frederick Bourn, who was a real estate developer from San Francisco. Bourn built cabins and a hotel at the hot springs. In the mid-1930s the hotel burned in a fire, and a bathhouse and restaurant was built to replace the hotel. Later a campground and swimming pool was added. [4]
A three-story wood-frame hotel from 1874 and a single-story wood frame clubhouse also dating from the 1870s existed. In the last decade of the 19th century, further development took place: The 1890 bathhouse noted above, several 1890s board and batten guest cabins and a wooden kiosk above one of the hot springs.
In 1878, visitors could enjoy unlimited use of the hot springs, for the price of $2.00 per day for room and board. [5] Montecito Hot Springs Hotel in 1877. In the 1870s tourism became popular in the Santa Barbara area, and the region above Montecito became famous for its hot springs.
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Fairview Hot Springs was a resort hotel in Fairview, California, United States (present-day Costa Mesa, Orange County, California) from about 1887 to about 1918. The source of the water that constituted the "hot springs" was actually a well that yielded a combination of heated artesian water and natural gas .