{"nrhp_refnum":"02000373","name":"Fairmont Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"950 Mason St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.792231238000056,"lon":-122.41048819599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story-plus-penthouse steel-frame hotel at 950 Mason Street on Nob Hill in San Francisco, designed by Reid Brothers and begun in 1902-1903, with a non-contributing 29-story tower added in 1960.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as a grand Beaux Arts Classical building that crowns Nob Hill and as one of the finest early works of the Reid Brothers. It is one of only two pre-1906 earthquake structures remaining on Nob Hill. Julia Morgan oversaw its restoration after the 1906 earthquake, and the 1945 United Nations Charter negotiations took place there.","narrative":"Occupying an entire city block on Nob Hill, the Fairmont Hotel at 950 Mason Street is a steel-frame building clad in granite and white terra cotta. Construction began in the early 1900s to designs by the Reid Brothers, and its exterior follows a classical three-part composition: a rusticated granite base, a body with giant Corinthian pilasters, and a cornice, now reconstructed in glass fiber reinforced concrete. The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed the interior, and architect Julia Morgan oversaw the restoration that allowed the hotel to open in April 1907. It is one of only two pre-earthquake structures left on Nob Hill. The hotel is recognized as an early work of the Reid Brothers and an example of monumental Beaux Arts design. It also hosted negotiations of the United Nations Charter in 1945. A 29-story tower added in 1960 is not considered part of the historic property. Renovations in 1999-2000 restored the main public spaces.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Reid Brothers (original design); Julia Morgan (post-earthquake restoration)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts Classicism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operating as a hotel; main public spaces and guest rooms were renovated and restored in 1999-2000.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.374416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/02000373.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000373/b735807ae4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000373/b735807ae4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0722-FairmontSF.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0722-FairmontSF.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmont_San_Francisco","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4272608"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/fairmont-hotel-02000373/"}