Site information:

557 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster

34.698301,-118.139112

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Western Hotel

This buiding, erected by the Gilroy family in 1874, was purchased in 1902 by George T. Webber, who operated it as the Western Hotel. The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce was organized in its dining room. Between 1905 and 1913, construction crews of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct were housed here, and it became a center of commercial and social activity in the early life of the community.

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the History and Landmarks Association of the Antelope Valley and San Fernando Parlors, Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Joshua Tree Parlor No. 288, Native Daughters of the Golden West, November 28, 1958.

Registered 9/26/1958