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Holbrooke Hotel | |
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Location | 212 West Main Street Grass Valley CA 95945 USA |
Coordinates | 39°13.133′N 121°3.8′W / 39.218883°N 121.0633°W |
Built | 1862 |
Architectural style(s) | Mid-19th century Mother Lode masonry[1] |
Governing body | Privately owned |
Designated | March 18, 1978 |
Reference no. | 914 |
The Holbrooke Hotel is located in Grass Valley, California, USA. It is notable as the oldest hotel that has been in continuous operation in California's Mother Lode.[2] The hotel was built in 1862 in mid-19th century Mother Lode masonry architectural style, and incorporated the Golden Gate Saloon which has been in continuous operation since 1852.[1]
The original building, constructed in 1852 by Stephen and Clara Smith,[3] was a saloon, the Golden Gate Saloon.[4] The following year, a single-story annex, the Exchange Hotel, was added at the back of the saloon.[5] The fire of 1855 burned down the saloon, but it was rebuilt with fieldstone and a brick facade. The Exchange Hotel was caught in a fire in 1862, after which it was renovated into a two-story structure. In 1879, it was named the Holbrooke Hotel after the owner, D. P. Holbrooke.[6] The hotel continues to be privately owned.[7]
Several notable people stayed at the hotel including “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Lotta Crabtree, Bob Fitzsimmons, Bret Harte, Jack London, Lola Montez, Emma Nevada, Mark Twain, and five US Presidents: Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Herbert Hoover.[4][8][9]
The hotel has 28 rooms and is 19,400 square feet (1,800 m2) in size.[7] The interior includes copper clad walls, mahogany wood, Italian alabaster, and marble.[10] It is furnished with globe chandeliers, green library lamps, and clawfoot bathtubs.[11] The bar in the saloon was shipped around Cape Horn.[12] The hotel was featured on a September 2013 episode of Hotel Impossible[4][13] and an April 2016 episode of The Dead Files.
The Nevada County hotel became a California Historical Landmark, #914, on March 18, 1978.[1] Another historical marker was placed on the building on September 25, 1965, by E Clampus Vitus.[14]
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