The Pacific House

The Pacific House shown was not the first, but the second iteration of the hotel to stand at 3rd and Francis Sts. After a fire decimated the property the industrious people of St. Joseph were determined to reconstruct a better hotel to serve all those who traveled through the buzzing city.

The Pacific House, located at the corner of Third and Francis Streets, was originally built in the winter of 1859-1860 with its main front on Francis Street. It cost $120,000 and had several proprietors over the years. After being destroyed by fire on December 15, 1868, it was rebuilt with its main front on Third Street and reopened on February 14, 1870. Architect Angelo W. Powell was the chosen designer for the new building. The building underwent repairs in December 1879, and the Kitchen Bros. reopened it on April 1, 1880. Much later the hotel became the Hotel Metropole. It survived until 1939 when it was razed.

The Pacific House, The Powell Project. Accessed July 25th, 2024. https://powellproject.tumblr.com/post/35635082128/the-pacific-house.

Drozd, Rick. The Pacific House, St. Joseph Memory Lane. Accessed July 25th, 2024. https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/history/history.html.