The Red Victorian
hotel in San Francisco, CA
The Red Victorian is a historic hotel on Haight Street in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, two blocks from Golden Gate Park.
History
Jefferson Hotel and Jeffrey Haight
The hotel was built in 1904 as the Jefferson Hotel. In the Summer of Love in 1967, it became the Jeffrey Haight, a free "crash pad".
Red Victorian Bed, Breakfast & Art and Peace Center
In 1977, environmental artist and social activist Sami Sunchild acquired the building, painted the facade red, and named it the "Red Victorian Bed, Breakfast, & Art". She decorated the hotel with psychedelic art and gave the 17 guest rooms themes such as the "Flower Child" room, the "Rainbow" room, the "Cat's Cradle" room (with cat), the "Redwoods" room, and the "Peacock suite". Goldfish swam in the toilet tank in the Aquarium Bathroom. The Peace cafe and Peace Arts gift shop were on the ground floor; next door was the Global Village Center, a bazaar and coffeehouse. In 1992, Sunchild told an interviewer that the hotel was "about upgrading our consciousness"; in 2007 she described it as a "global hotel" where guests could "meet, get involved with other travelers and have great conversations on world peace". She established the Peaceful World Center at the Red Victorian and in the 1990s began hosting Sunday morning World Peace Conversations there, which became an international network.
Red Victorian cooperative
Sunchild died at the age of 87 in July 2013.
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