Banning, California is not the most exciting of towns. Located off the 10 near Palm Springs, it doesn't have much of a draw in itself, but every time I have made the drive on the 10 my curiosity grew for what looked to be a well preserved Fox Theater and a nice roadside sign for a restaurant called the, San Gorgonio Inn. My curiosity was confirmed and despite the town's lack of draw, yet it is great to see, whether it is circumstantial or not, a town having a sense of history. Although obviously not as extensive of a renovation as Tucson's Fox Theater it is still standing and showing films, unlike many Fox Theaters that where torn down here in Los Angeles as well as The Fox Phoenix, a Art Deco palace built by famed architect S. Charles Lee, which shared the fate of other doomed Phoenix classics like the Cine Capri and The Kachina (check out those pictures! A Conversation Lounge?! Rad!).
You can learn more about Banning's Fox Theater here at Cinema Treasures.
As for the San Gorgonio Inn, it has it's own Wikipedia entry. I also read an article that it is part of a redevelopment process, hopefully one with preservation in mind.
I also found a scan of an old postcard showing the same sign of the San Gorgonio Inn
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curious about that san gorgonio inn.
do you happen to have any idea how i can find old records?
my grandma worked there in / around 1958 and i need to find these records.
As Ive never met her, i only know her last name.
Please talk with me, no one else knows this place exists (well, online)
dkaspari@inbox.com
My dad went to about a zillion club dinners there about 1958--City Council, Lions Club, etc. I sang there later with various high school choir groups. It was THE meeting place because it had a large dining room. Otherwise 'famous' for chicken dinners served to tourists heading for Palm Springs weekends before the 10 fwy replaced Hwy 99 (Ramsey St.)Who was your grandma? The Banning Record-Gazette is the local rag with the morgue to tell you what was going on then. Write me @ ksvisel@hotmail.com. Good luck!
update on my email address is no longer dkaspari@inbox.com it is soyousailedaway@ymail.com please contact
The san gorgonio inn is closed!:(
I used to go there a lot when i was little
I grew up in the 60's (Class of 70)with both the Fox theater and the San Gorgonio Inn. Post cards of the Inn and Banning itself, including the Banning and El Paseo Hotels (Hals Drugs) are pretty common on Ebay.
I-10, built without an off ramp on San Gorgonio, pretty much destroyed the downtown. The San Gorgonio Inn has a long history dating to before WWI. But despite its former glory, it is a thing of the past. I am pleased that the Fox is still going.
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