May 19, 1857 On this day in 1857, the Antelope Hotel on K Street, between Front and Second Streets, was demolished to make way for the planned construction of a three-story brick hotel. According to the Sacramento Daily Union newspaper, citizens applauded the removal of the “dark, dingy, unsightly shanties” on the city block. The 20 feet by 75 feet planned hotel was financed by two German brothers by the names of Charles and Frank Ebner. The construction of the Ebner Hotel cost $18,000. When the hotel opened later that year, in October, the Ebners charged $8 to $12 per week for lodging and meals. The Ebner Hotel building was demolished in 2003 after it was deemed structurally unsound. The Ebner Hotel was reconstructed at its same location in Old Sacramento in 2010. Copy of a lithograph of the Ebner Hotel from “A Birds-Eye View of Sacramento” in 1857 by George H. Baker, courtesy of the California State Library. • • • #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #sacramento #oldsacramento #sacramentoh...