The San Gorgonio Inn was Banning, California's first hotel and was built by George W. Bryant and C. W. Filkins.
In 1889, the hotel ownership passed to Captain and Mrs. Thomas E. Fraser, and was renamed “The Banning.” The Inn originally served the Railroad trade but as time progressed the focus was on the tourist trade brought by the new Hwy 99.
A new owner, John Livacich, bought “The Banning” and named it the “San Gorgonio Inn” in 1923.
The Inn was inherited by the Head Chef, who ran it for a few years before leasing it and it subsequently became a gentlemen's club which failed.
A neon Googie-styled sign from the 1950s pointed the way to the parking lot from the Ramsey Street entrance, but on August 31, 2011 it was taken down.