Hayes Mansion

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Hayes Mansion
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Location200 Edenvale Avenue San Jose, California 95136
Coordinates 37°15′44.33″N121°49′14.76″W / 37.2623139°N 121.8207667°W / 37.2623139; -121.8207667
Built1905
ArchitectGeorge Page
Architectural style Mission Revival
Website https://www.hayesmansion.com/
NRHP reference No. 75000481 [2]
CHISL No.888 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 1975
Designated CHISL1975

The Hayes Mansion is a historic mansion estate in the Edenvale neighborhood of San Jose, California. The mansion currently operates as a hotel resort and is currently known as Hayes Mansion San Jose, Curio Collection by Hilton. The hotel has been a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2019. [3]

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Originally the home of the Hayes family, the mansion is regarded as one of the best examples of late 19th-century Mission Revival architecture in the Santa Clara Valley. [4] It is a California Historical Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

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Hayes mansion is one of the best examples of Mediterranean Revival architecture in the Silicon Valley.

Architect George Page was commissioned in 1903 by Mary Chynoweth, widow of Anson Hayes and wife of San Jose attorney Thomas Chynoweth, to build a home to replace the Hayes family's wooden English Baroque mansion, which had burned to the ground in 1899. Intended to provide a triple residence for the Chynoweths and growing families of Mary's two sons (Everis A. Hayes and Jay Orly Hayes), the home's design incorporated the latest fire safety features of the day.

Early on, the property was self-sufficient, with its own power plant, a post office, railroad station, carriage stop, lodgings for 40 ranch hands, and a chapel. The family grew fruits and vegetables and raised its own livestock. Everis A. Hayes and Jay Hayes went on to help develop the Santa Clara Valley fruit industry and became the publishers of the San Jose Mercury . Three U.S. Presidents visited the mansion during their prominence.

The family sold the property during the 1950s, after which the building remained vacant for some time then became dilapidated. Purchased by the City of San Jose in 1985, the Mansion opened as a meeting venue in 1994. [5] The building now contains 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2) of meeting space and 214 guest rooms and is surrounded by the 20-acre (8.1 ha) Edenvale Gardens Regional Park. Interstate Hotels and Resorts (now Aimbridge Hospitality) began managing the resort in 2019. [6]

Architecture

The 41,000-square-foot (3,800 m2) Mediterranean villa features exotic woods, imported marble and ornate stained glass windows. Constructed in the shape of a Maltese Cross, its long center section contains an 18-foot (5.45 m) wide solarium connecting the north and south wings.

A loggia connects the east with the west. Walls are stucco coated double brick. Fire-safety features include fire hose cabinets connected to water tanks on the third floor and a kitchen located in a separate building connected to the mansion by a glass and marble conservatory.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hayes Mansion". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  3. "Hotel History - Hayes Mansion San Jose, Curio Collection by Hilton". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  4. "Hayes Mansion". California's Historic Silicon Valley. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  5. "The story behind San Jose's Hayes Mansion". 7 January 2024.
  6. "Hayes Mansion San Jose to be Managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts".

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