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	'''Elias J. Swift''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165150868/elias-john-swift 1847-1889]) was a native of New York who came to Santa Cruz in the later 1870s. Drawing on previous experience running hotels in Gilroy and Salinas, he became [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18781116.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22E.+J.+Swift%22-------1 proprietor of the Pacific Ocean House] on Pacific Ave. in 1878. In 1887, he and his family moved to the Pope House, and he took over management there. Swift bought and sold several trotting horses and had a hand in organizing race meetings at the race track in the [[Westside neighborhood]]. That connection may explain why a street out that way was named for him. Swift died suddenly at the age of 42. The symptoms described in the obituary sound like he had a massive stroke.		'''Elias J. Swift''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165150868/elias-john-swift 1847-1889]) was a native of New York who came to Santa Cruz in the later 1870s. Drawing on previous experience running hotels in Gilroy and Salinas, he became [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18781116.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22E.+J.+Swift%22-------1 proprietor of the Pacific Ocean House] on Pacific Ave. in 1878. In 1883, he acquired the [[Sunshine Villa\|Kittredge House]] on Front Street, leasing its operation to fellow hotelier [[Peakes, James B.\|J. B. Peakes]].
			* John L. Chase, ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter One, item (15), page 11

			In 1887, Swift and his family moved to the Pope House, and he took over management there. Swift bought and sold several trotting horses and had a hand in organizing race meetings at the race track in the [[Westside neighborhood]]. That connection may explain why a street out that way was named for him. Swift died suddenly at the age of 42. The symptoms described in the obituary sound like he had a massive stroke. His heirs sold the Kittredge House to [[Smith, James P.\|J. P. Smith]], who converted the hotel to his family's private residence, named [[Sunshine Villa]].

	*[[History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99]]		*[[History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99]]
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	'''Elias J. Swift''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165150868/elias-john-swift 1847-1889]) was a native of New York who came to Santa Cruz in the later 1870s. Drawing on previous experience running hotels in Gilroy and Salinas, he became [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18781116.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22E.+J.+Swift%22-------1 proprietor of the Pacific Ocean House] on Pacific Ave. in 1878. In 1887, he and his family moved to the Pope House, and he took over management there. Swift bought and sold several trotting horses and had a hand in organizing race meetings at the race track in the [[Westside neighborhood]]. That connection may explain why a street out that way was named for him. Swift died suddenly at the age of 42. The symptoms described in the obituary sound like a stroke.		'''Elias J. Swift''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165150868/elias-john-swift 1847-1889]) was a native of New York who came to Santa Cruz in the later 1870s. Drawing on previous experience running hotels in Gilroy and Salinas, he became [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18781116.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22E.+J.+Swift%22-------1 proprietor of the Pacific Ocean House] on Pacific Ave. in 1878. In 1887, he and his family moved to the Pope House, and he took over management there. Swift bought and sold several trotting horses and had a hand in organizing race meetings at the race track in the [[Westside neighborhood]]. That connection may explain why a street out that way was named for him. Swift died suddenly at the age of 42. The symptoms described in the obituary sound like he had a massive stroke.

	*[[History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99]]		*[[History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99]]

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'''Elias J. Swift''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165150868/elias-john-swift 1847-1889]) was a native of New York who came to Santa Cruz in the later 1870s. Drawing on previous experience running hotels in Gilroy and Salinas, he became [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18781116.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22E.+J.+Swift%22-------1 proprietor of the Pacific Ocean House] on Pacific Ave. in 1878. In 1887, he and his family moved to the Pope House, and he took over management there. Swift bought and sold several trotting horses and had a hand in organizing race meetings at the race track in the [[Westside neighborhood]]. That connection may explain why a street out that way was named for him. Swift died suddenly at the age of 42. The symptoms described in the obituary sound like a stroke.

*[[History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99]]
* Obituary, [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS18890202.1.3&srpos=5&e=------188-en--20-SCS-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Elias+J.+Swift%22-------1 ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', Feb. 2, 1889, 3:3]

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