Queen Anne Hotel for kids
The School That Became a Hotel. The true story of Queen Anne Hotel, near San Francisco, CA, told for kids.
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Look for a fancy old house with lots of pointy roofs and pretty paint. That's the Queen Anne Hotel on Sutter Street! But here's the whoa part. A long time ago, it wasn't a hotel at all. It was a boarding school for girls!
Imagine your school had a bedroom for you. You could roll out of bed and be in class! It was built in 1890. That's more than one hundred years ago. Then, in 1906, a huge earthquake shook San Francisco.
Rumble, rumble, crash! But this old house survived, and it is still standing today. Now see if you can count how many colors you spot on the house as we pass.
Quiz the back seat
What was the Queen Anne Hotel before it was a hotel?
Show the answer
A girls' boarding school. A boarding school! Girls once lived and learned inside. No pizza, no elephants!
3 fun facts
- The Queen Anne Hotel was built in 1890.
- It was originally a girls' boarding school.
- It survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
For grown-ups
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Sources
- queenanne.com
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_Hotel
- spottedbylocals.com/san-francisco/queen-anne-hotel
- queenanne.com/blog/historical-significance-hotels-in-san-francisco
- haunthunt.com/place/queen-anne-hotel-san-francisco-california
- queenanne.com/our-hotel/location
- noehill.com/architects/style_queen_anne.aspx
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