Onyx Hotel

This article is about the building in San Diego, California. For the Britney Spears concert tour, see The Onyx Hotel Tour.

Onyx Hotel
The building's exterior in 2014
General information
Type	Hotel
Address	856 5th Avenue
Town or city	San Diego
Country	United States
Coordinates	32°42′52″N117°09′37″W / 32.714353°N 117.160314°W / 32.714353; -117.160314
Opened	1910

The Onyx Hotel is a historic building located at 856 5th Avenue ^[1] in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California.

It was built in 1910 to house the Hotel Onyx, which advertised itself as having mahogany, maple, and walnut fixtures, hot and cold water, and a telephone in every room. ^{[1] [2]}

• 
  Plaque for the building, 2016

See also

• Architecture portal
• California portal

• List of Gaslamp Quarter historic buildings

References

1. The San Diego Tourist. A.E. Flowers. 1912. p. 65. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
2. Pacific Municipalities. Pacific Municipalities. 1917. p. 163. Retrieved June 21, 2025.

External links

• Media related to Onyx Hotel at Wikimedia Commons