A New Hotel in SB for Women Only
Margaret Baylor, a social worker from Cincinnati, had been the driving force in creating the Carrillo Recreation Center. She had also been pushing for a hotel for young working women in the city here. Although Baylor had passed away earlier in 1924, her dream of a hotel for women was finally taking shape in November.
It was decided to name the hotel the Margaret Baylor Inn. The organizers noted that she "understood the lack of congenial association and the lonely, uninteresting leisure hours of young women and girls living away from home. We all remember Miss Baylor's self-sacrificing life, and if for no other reason, we would want to build this Inn as a monument to her memory."
(Spoiler alert – the inn was built in 1927, and is still here at 924 Anacapa St., although it is now named "The Julia" in honor of its architect – Julia Morgan.)