{"nrhp_refnum":"06000328","name":"Hotel Montgomery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 SW First St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.33248640100004,"lon":-121.88853472399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story reinforced concrete hotel at 211 South First Street in downtown San Jose, California, built in 1911 to designs by local architect William Binder for developer Thomas S. Montgomery. It was moved 186 feet south in 2000.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is a superior, largely intact local example of early 20th-century Commercial style architecture, with Beaux Arts, Neo-Classical and Renaissance Revival elements. It is also one of San Jose's earliest remaining poured-in-place reinforced concrete buildings. Despite the move, it meets the consideration for moved properties because it keeps its design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built in 1911 in downtown San Jose, this four-story reinforced concrete hotel was designed by William Binder for developer Thomas S. Montgomery. Its front is shaped like a U above a full-lot commercial base, with a prominent cornice of modillions, dentils and egg-and-dart molding, pendant escutcheons, and neo-classical balconies on scrolled brackets. Inside, the lobby hallway keeps mosaic marble floors and coffered ceilings. It was among the first local buildings made of poured-in-place concrete and shows how early 1900s downtown commercial buildings were designed. After decades of decline, conversion to single-room and apartment use, and earthquake damage in 1989, the building was moved 186 feet south in 2000, seismically upgraded and rehabilitated. It again operates as a hotel, with 30 rooms per upper floor. It was listed for its architecture, and its integrity was judged sufficient despite the move.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Binder, William","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th American Movements - Commercial Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated after the 2000 move under federal preservation tax credit standards, with final certification in 2005; it continues in use as a hotel with ground-floor restaurant and public rooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.818146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06000328.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000328/73c26f516d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000328/73c26f516d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"David Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_(5323871325).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_(5323871325).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Montgomery_(San_Jose,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5911764"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/hotel-montgomery-06000328/"}