{"nrhp_refnum":"00000295","name":"Virginia Hotel","other_names":["Traveler's Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 and 23 W. Haley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Barbara","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.41624723500007,"lon":-119.69567629299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, L-shaped Spanish Colonial Revival hotel at 17 and 23 West Haley Street in Santa Barbara, California, made up of two linked buildings from 1916 and 1922 that were remodeled in 1925.","why_significant":"The hotel is significant at the local level under Criterion C as an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style adopted for Santa Barbara's rebuilding after the 1925 earthquake. It was one of the first commercial buildings rebuilt under the city's Architectural Advisory Committee guidelines. This helped pave the way for the wider reconstruction of the city in Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean styles.","narrative":"Located on the south side of West Haley Street in Santa Barbara, this three-story hotel combines two earlier buildings: a two-story hotel built in 1916 and a three-story hotel built in 1922. The 1925 earthquake damaged both. The owners hired Los Angeles architect and engineer C. K. Denman to repair them and give the front a Spanish Colonial Revival design, as the city's architectural ordinance required. Denman also added a third story to the 1916 building. The facade features arched openings, ceramic tile, wrought iron balconies, recessed storefronts and a restored pressed metal marquee. The hotel was one of the first commercial buildings rebuilt under the city's Architectural Advisory Committee, which promoted a Spanish-style look for the rebuilt town. It later declined, operating much like a residential hotel before being vacated by 1997. A rehabilitation completed in early 1999 reopened it as a hotel with 61 rooms, retaining original lobby details and the street facade.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"Denman, C.K., architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission / Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1998-1999 and reopened as the Holiday Inn Express Virginia Hotel, after being vacated by 1997; guest rooms reduced from 96 to 61.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.640921-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000295.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000295/1e1f1d8119-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000295/1e1f1d8119-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ymblanter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Hotel_Santa_Barbara.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ymblanter</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Hotel_Santa_Barbara.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861633","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hotel_(Santa_Barbara,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7934318"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/virginia-hotel-00000295/"}