We went up to Orange County to see our daughter, Susan. We stayed at this very unique hotel in Irvine. The Old Town Historic La Quinta Inn & Suites Irvine Spectrum is in a league of its own. This four-story hotel is listed in the National Registry of Historical Sites.
In 1986, La Quinta Motor Inns converted the grain silos of Irvine's former bean and grain warehouse into an inn; making it the most creative re-adaptive use of a building in the historic district. The concrete structure was made to hold 16,000,000 lbs. of beans and barley in each of the 32 hexagonal silos. They were capable of loading a railroad car in ten minutes!
La Quinta Inns decided to keep the industrial look of the granary to preserve it as a historical landmark. They have accomplished this by keeping the original tin roof and leaving the cement walls unpainted in accordance with the standards set by the Irvine Historical Society.
In the silo lobby, there are picture displays, as well as the original main lift. It is really an interesting hotel.
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