Spreckels may refer to:
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Spreckels (surname) Spreckels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Claus Spreckels, founder of the Spreckels Sugar Company, at one time considered the King of Sugar
* John D. Spreckels, son of Claus Spreckels and entrepreneur
* Adolph B. Spreckels ...
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Spreckels, California
Spreckels is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California, United States. Spreckels is located south of Salinas, at an elevation of . Its population was 692 at the 2020 cen ...
, originally a company town of the Spreckels Sugar Company
*Spreckels Mansion, a mansion in Coronado, California, built for
John D. Spreckels
John Diedrich Spreckels (August 16, 1853 – June 7, 1926), the son of German-American industrialist Claus Spreckels, founded a transportation and real estate empire in San Diego, California, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The entre ...
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Spreckels Mansion, a 1912 mansion built in San Francisco, California, built for
Adolph B. Spreckels
Adolph Bernard Spreckels (January 5, 1857 – June 28, 1924) was a California businessman who ran Spreckels Sugar Company and who donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor art museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife Alma ...
and
Alma Spreckels
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (March 24, 1881 – August 7, 1968) was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. She was known both as "Big Alma" (she was tall) and "The Great Grandmother of San Francisco". Among her m ...
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Spreckels Sugar Company
The Spreckels Sugar Company is an American sugar beet refiner that for many years controlled much of the U.S. West Coast refined sugar market. It is currently headquartered in Brawley, California.
History
The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded b ...
, founded by Claus Spreckels
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Spreckels Theater Building
Spreckels Theatre is a performing arts center located in San Diego, California. It was touted as "the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi". It was designed for philanthropist John D. Spreckels, and was meant to commemorate t ...
, built in San Diego, California in 1912
See also
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Spreckels Lake
The Spreckels Lake Model Yacht Facility, commonly referred to as "Spreckels Lake", is an artificial reservoir behind an earthen dam and adjoining clubhouse situated on the northern side of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Completed in mid-Marc ...
, San Francisco, a man-made model boating facility in Golden Gate Park.
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Spreckels Organ
The Spreckels Organ is a pipe organ that was designed by Ernest M. Skinner. It was installed in 1924 at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, California. Public performances are held on Saturdays, 4:00–4:45 pm.
Philanthropist Joh ...
, San Francisco, donated by Adolph B. Spreckels, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
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