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Location7495-7587 Old Stage Road, San Gregorio, California
Coordinates 37°19′36.9″N122°23′11.8″W / 37.326917°N 122.386611°W / 37.326917; -122.386611 Coordinates: 37°19′36.9″N122°23′11.8″W / 37.326917°N 122.386611°W / 37.326917; -122.386611
Built1865;156 years ago (1865)
ArchitectGeorge Washington Tully Carter
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 77000341 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 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]

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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, granary, 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 Tully 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]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#77000341)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "San Mateo County: San Gregorio House (added 1977 - - #77000341)". National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  3. 1 2 Regnery, Dorothy F. (1976). An Enduring Heritage: Historic Buildings of the San Francisco Peninsula . Stanford University Press. pp.  32–33. ISBN   0804709181.
  4. Caughman, Madge; Ginsberg, Joanne S. (1987). California Coastal Resource Guide . California Coastal Commission. University of California Press. pp.  179. ISBN   0520061861.
  5. 1 2 3 "Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey: San Gregorio House". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  6. 1 2 "Photo: Water Tower". Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey. 1933. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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