[4] In June, the San Diego Construction Company petitioned the city for an open air stage at the hotel's rear.

[7][8] In 1912, the San Diego Natural History Museum held its first exhibits in rooms at the Cecil.

[1] Later that year, San Diego Athletic Club organizer Charles H. Daniels died of heart disease in his room.

[16] In 1924, Dix relocated to Los Angeles where he and Banks Hanner built the 700 room Cecil Hotel.

[22] In 1912, an American flag was stolen in front of the hotel[23] and Babcock had an advertising solicitor arrested for issuing bad checks to an innkeeper.