{"nrhp_refnum":"01000705","name":"Hazel Hotel","other_names":["Leland House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"850, 860, 880, 890 Hazel St., and 602,608, 620 Kentuckey","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gridley","county":"Butte County","state":"CA","lat":39.36502180000008,"lon":-121.69647780199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-07-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate commercial hotel building on a prominent corner in downtown Gridley, Butte County, California. Originally the Leland House, it was begun in 1888 and expanded in phases through about 1890, with later rear additions around 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its link to Gridley's transportation history, since the town grew up around the railroad and the hotel is the sole remaining direct link to that era. It is also an excellent example of 1880s commercial masonry architecture, with Italianate brick detailing, cast iron pilasters, a tin ceiling and carved wood columns.","narrative":"Standing on the main corner of downtown Gridley, this two-story brick hotel began in 1888 as the Leland House and was enlarged by 1890 into three connected blocks, with hotel rooms upstairs and shops below. Small one-story additions were added at the rear around 1930. Italianate details include corbelled parapet bands, a chain-course frieze, bracketed corner cornices and brick hoods over arched windows. Inside, an elaborate tin ceiling, decorative beams and carved wood columns with pronounced entasis survive in the ground floor. Gridley grew from a ranch into a town after a railroad depot was built in 1870, and local newspapers of the 1880s called for a large brick hotel to serve travelers. This building answered that need and is described as the town's sole remaining direct link to the railroad era. Over the years its ground floor housed a post office, groceries, saloons, a theater and a bus station. It was recognized for its role in local transportation history and as a fine example of commercial masonry design.","period_of_significance":"1888-circa 1930s","architect_builder":"Brown & Bebee, builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate (Commercial Italianate)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed as multiple dwelling (apartment building) and business; the second floor has been largely gutted of its original construction and the exterior is largely intact despite some alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.849593-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01000705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000705/62e093e9f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000705/62e093e9f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Frank Schulenburg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hazel_Hotel_in_Gridley_(2023)-104A0949.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Schulenburg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hazel_Hotel_in_Gridley_(2023)-104A0949.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858431","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133259074"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/butte-county/hazel-hotel-01000705/"}