- In 1913, Frederick C. Clift, an attorney from a large family in the Sierra foothills, commissioned a 300-room hotel on a lot the family had inherited. The architect, a former student of Ecole de Beaux Arts, was George Applegarth of McDonald and Applegarth, who also designed the Palace of the Legion of Honor.[1] The hotel opened on February 1, 1915. (Wikipedia)
- Since it opened in 1915, the hotel has had many owners and names, for example:
1978-1995 Four Seasons Clift Hotel;
1995-1997 The Clift, a Grand Heritage Hotel;
1997- ? Clift (an Ian Schrager hotel);
2018 - Present The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel
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