Del Mar Powerhouse Community Center is a historic community center and event venue at 1658 Coast Blvd in Del Mar, CA 92014, occupying the restored 1928 building that once housed the boiler plant for the old Stratford Inn hotel. After the hotel's bankruptcy sale in 1955, the Powerhouse cycled through several lives, including a stint as the Roaring 20s nightclub from 1958 to 1962, where flappers served drinks and bartenders wore derbies, and a period as a desalination research plant for the Universal Water Corporation starting in 1965. In the late 1990s, longtime Del Mar resident Barbara Harper led a community fundraising campaign that raised over $500,000 to restore the building as a community center, culminating in a grand opening on December 4, 1999. Today the center sits at the north end of Powerhouse Park, offering a trellis-covered patio with ocean views and an upper deck ideal for catching Del Mar sunsets. The venue accommodates up to 115 guests and is available for weddings, receptions, memorial services, community meetings, and private events. Full-day rentals on Fridays through Sundays run $5,181 in peak season and $4,604 off-season, with a three-hour minimum and an $800 refundable damage deposit. Monday through Thursday rentals are available from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The Del Mar Foundation has supported the Powerhouse since its renovation, launching the First Thursdays cultural arts program there in 2000, a series now in its twenty-second season. The building includes ADA-accessible facilities, restrooms, and tables and chairs available at no additional charge. Friends of the Powerhouse, the nonprofit spun off from the original restoration committee, has since raised more than three million dollars for ongoing improvements to the center, the surrounding park, and beach safety infrastructure. The community center holds a 4.6-star Google rating.