San Gregorio House
San Gregorio House | |
![]() San Gregorio House | |
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Location | 7495-7587 Old Stage Road, San Gregorio, California |
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Coordinates | 37°19′36.9″N 122°23′11.8″W / 37.326917°N 122.386611°WCoordinates: 37°19′36.9″N 122°23′11.8″W / 37.326917°N 122.386611°W |
Built | 1865 |
Architect | George Washington Tully Carter |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference # | 77000341[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1977 |
San Gregorio House is a building that sits on 7495-7587 Old Stage Road near San Gregorio Road (CA 84) in San Gregorio, San Mateo County, California.[2] The building is listed as a National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County since 1977. The building still stands, but is no longer a functioning hotel.[3]
History
By the 1850s San Gregorio was a booming town, when wealthy San Franciscans would travel to the San Gregorio House by stagecoach to enjoy activities such as fishing, hunting, sea bathing, and boat races.[3][4] The structure was expanded in the 1850s, to accommodate the crowds and included a saloon with a dance hall, liveryman's cottage, laundry, smoke house, grainery, carriage sheds, power house, water tower, and numerous barns.[5] All of the original structures still stand with the exception of the cookhouse and livery stable.[6]
George Washington Tull Carter purchased an existing house in 1865[7] and added a second floor in order to open a hotel.[6] In 1875, John Evans purchased the building and added seven bays to the three-bay house.[5] From 1888 until the 1930s, Jesse Palmer and Frank Bell ran the hotel.[5] It's previously known as the Palmer Hotel and the Bell Hotel.[2]
Gallery
- Shed and Water Tower
- Side view
- San Gregorio House architectural plans
- Aerial view of San Gregorio House
- Interior picture
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System – (#77000341)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- 1 2 "San Mateo County: San Gregorio House (added 1977 - - #77000341)". National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- 1 2 Regnery, Dorothy F. (1976). An Enduring Heritage: Historic Buildings of the San Francisco Peninsula. Stanford University Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0804709181.
- ↑ Caughman, Madge; Ginsberg, Joanne S. (1987). California Coastal Resource Guide. California Coastal Commission. University of California Press. p. 179. ISBN 0520061861.
- 1 2 3 "Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey: San Gregorio House". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- 1 2 "Photo: Water Tower". Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey. 1933. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "National Register #77000341: San Gregorio House in San Mateo County, California". NoeHill Travels in California. Retrieved 2017-07-22.