{"nrhp_refnum":"71000134","name":"Murphys Hotel","other_names":["Mitchler Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and Algiers Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Murphys","county":"Calaveras County","state":"CA","lat":38.13741935100006,"lon":-120.46492586,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Murphys Hotel (historically the Mitchler Hotel) is a two-story stone hotel building at Main and Algiers Streets in Murphys, Calaveras County, California. The original hotel was built in 1855-56, and the stone building was rebuilt after a fire in 1859.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant as a surviving Gold Rush-era building and former stage stop on the route to the Calaveras Big Trees. Its stone walls let it survive later fires in 1874 and 1893. It also hosted many notable travelers, including Mark Twain, Horatio Alger and Ulysses S. Grant.","narrative":"Murphys Hotel is a two-story stone building at Main and Algiers Streets in Murphys, California, measuring roughly 50 by 95 feet. It began in 1855-56 as the Sperry and Perry Hotel, a stage stop serving traffic to the Calaveras Big Trees. Although considered fireproof, it burned in the fire of 1859, then was rebuilt the following year with walls entirely of stone. The thick walls helped it survive the fire of 1874 and a major explosion and fire in 1893, when only the iron doors and shutters warped. Later owners included C. P. Mitchler, who bought it in 1882, and the McKimmins family, who ran it until 1963. Guests before 1900 reportedly included Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant, Horatio Alger and Henry Ward Beecher, and second-floor rooms carry their names. The building has a dining room, bar, banquet room, antique shop and eleven bedrooms, and is described as well kept.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1859","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as renovated, in good condition and in use as a hotel with dining room, bar, antique shop and bedrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.387336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000134.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000134/8ea98d6299-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000134/8ea98d6299-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MitchlerHotel_MurphysCA_1860s.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MitchlerHotel_MurphysCA_1860s.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858482","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphys_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12499602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/calaveras-county/murphys-hotel-71000134/"}