The Early Years & The Big Move
The history of the Pine Inn starts with the city of Carmel’s founders, Frank Devendorf and Frank Powers. In 1889, the Hotel Carmelo was built in the undeveloped section of town on Ocean and Broadway (now Junipero), by the firm that preceded the Carmel Development Company.
The hotel was built in the style of an elegant country inn, with wood from the old Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco.
Sixteen years later, as the town developed and grew, it was time for a big move.
The Hotel Carmelo was on its way to a new home, four blocks down Ocean towards the beach. The North wing was dismantled and the main building was rolled along pine logs down the rugged dirt road.
Within a year, the hotel was refitted and enlarged with a stable and a sun room looking out to the sea. With the help of M.J. Murphy, a local contractor, the hotel was reborn as the Pine Inn.
Murphy himself was a famous local figure, whose company built most of the houses and businesses within Carmel, including the neighboring library and his first home, located behind the Pine Inn.
The hotel was built in the style of an elegant country inn, with wood from the old Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco.
Sixteen years later, as the town developed and grew, it was time for a big move.
The Hotel Carmelo was on its way to a new home, four blocks down Ocean towards the beach. The North wing was dismantled and the main building was rolled along pine logs down the rugged dirt road.
Within a year, the hotel was refitted and enlarged with a stable and a sun room looking out to the sea. With the help of M.J. Murphy, a local contractor, the hotel was reborn as the Pine Inn.
Murphy himself was a famous local figure, whose company built most of the houses and businesses within Carmel, including the neighboring library and his first home, located behind the Pine Inn.