San Gorgonio Inn

The San Gorgonio Inn was a historic one-time stagecoach stop in Banning, California, USA.

Built in 1883 by Captain John Morongo (for whom the nearby town of Morongo Valley and corresponding Morongo Basin was named), the San Gorgonio Inn served as a stagecoach stop until 1920 when a fire destroyed most of the guest rooms. A hotel register from the inn's earliest days was saved from the fire; among the guests listed was President Grover Cleveland who stayed there in 1888. The register remained on display in the restaurant's lobby.

Located at 150 East Ramsey Street, the inn flourished with the construction of U.S. Route 99 (now known as Ramsey Street) and Interstate 10. It remained a popular, low-cost coffee shop until 1984 when the owners died. The inn's new owners attempted to turn the inn into a gentlemen's club, but the plan failed. A previous employee, who had been head chef, bought the property and reverted it to a restaurant operation. Later the city of Banning took over the property.

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.

In April 2011, the Inn was demolished, more than 100 years after it opened.