In 1917, the PIC decided to dismantle it and use the wood in the reconstruction of The Lodge at Pebble Beach, California that had burned down on December 17, 1917.

[1][failed verification][2][3] El Carmelo comes from the Spanish name, El Rio de Carmelo, given to the Carmel River by Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno shortly before he landed in Monterey Bay in December 1602.

[4] In June 1893, the El Carmelo hotel was renovated for the summer season.

Lectures at the Chautauqua Hall in Pacific Grove were on the arranged program of events near the hotel.

The name was changed to avoid confusion with the Hotel Carmelo and to advertise the town of Pacific Grove.