Island Villa, Santa Catalina Island

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Island Villa
Catalina Island, Cal.
Island Villa interior
Catalina Island, Cal.
Island Villa
Catalina Island, Cal.
Island Villas, Santa Catalina Island, 1956
December 12, 1957. End of an era is dramatized as one by one Catalina's famous Island Villas are hauled to the dump. The little cabins which have been the happy vacation retreats for hundreds of thousands of guests from all over the world will soon be only a memory. Here they are being picked up in one piece and loaded on trucks.


Island Villa, Santa Catalina Island was expanded to1200 villas in 1924, called Island Villa and Park. Island Villa, Office, Sumner Avenue is listed in the 1924 Avalon Telephone Directory. Up until 1944, the island villas were cozy cabins. During the war years, Island Villa cabins were used for Maritime Service trainees during their service training period.

In 1957, all of the individual cabins were hauled to the dump.

  • 12.
    A Tented Street, Avalon, Catalina Island.
    Edward H. Mitchell Publisher, San Francisco
    Private Mailing Card
    Authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898
    [original in SCIF archives]

  • 509
    Island Villa Annex. Catalina Island, California.
    Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles
    Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles
    [original in SCIF archives]
  • 502
    Tents at Island Villa Annex.
    Catalina Island, California.
    Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles
    Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles
    [original in SCIF archives]
  • Island Villa
    Catalina Island, Cal.
  • 15154
    Island Villa, Avalon, Catalina Island, California
    H. H. T. CO.
    [original in SCIF archives]
  • No. E. 6.
    Tent City, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.
    Newman Post Card Company Los Angeles
    Made in Germany
    postmarked Dec. 25 (!), 1911
    [original in SCIF archives]
  • A-82500
    Canvas Cottage City,
    Santa Catalina Island, California
    C. T. American Art
    Published by Island Pharmacy Co., Catalina Island, Cal.
    [original in SCIF archives]
  • The "Bungalettes" of Island Villa Park,
    Avalon, Catalina Island
  • Frasher 3638
    The Island Villa
    Avalon, Santa Catalina, Calif.

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In the News~

June 12, 1895 [LAT/SCat]: “Avalon. A lumber schooner arrived yesterday morning laden with lumber for the new hotel, Island Villa, and a gang of workmen are pushing the reconstruction of the building at a rapid rate. It will be ready for occupancy July 1.”


July 8, 1896 [LAT/SCat]: “Avalon (Catalina Island) July 7.—...The arrivals at the Island Villa were: J. C. Taylor and mother, Prof. E. W. Payne, Dr. G. A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Chase, Miss Marian Steele of Los Angeles and F. L. Castle of Needles.”


May 7, 1904 [LAT/SCat]: “Avalon. The Island Villa was opened with a hurrah yesterday, the first day bringing a bunch of excursionists numbering fifty-six, with another party of ten.”


August 5, 1904 [LAT/SCat]: “Avalon. The bowling alleys which were put into the old Island Villa dining room when that hostelry was removed to its present site, have been taken out and are being removed to the Isthmus.”


September 11, 1917 [TI/Avalon]: “After one of the most successful seasons in its history, the Island Villa, which has been under the management of George Daul, will close its doors tonight.”

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