{"nrhp_refnum":"71000166","name":"Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"King City-Jolon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jolon","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":35.974737024000035,"lon":-121.17567609899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story rectangular adobe inn and stagecoach station on the King City-Jolon Road near Jolon, Monterey County, California, built by Antonio Ramirez in 1849 (stated elsewhere as about 1850) and later enlarged with a second story and wood-frame wings.","why_significant":"It was a major stagecoach stop between San Francisco and San Diego in the late 1800s, where stages changed horses and travelers stayed overnight. It stood on the original El Camino Real and became the nucleus of the settlement of Jolon. Its store and the first Jolon post office supplied miners and coastal ranch families.","narrative":"Built by Antonio Ramirez in 1849, this one-story adobe near Jolon served as a home and an inn for travelers and miners. Lt. George Dutton, sole owner from 1876, added an adobe second story and wood-frame wings holding a general store, post office, saloon and kitchen. Standing on the original El Camino Real, it became a major stagecoach stop between San Francisco and San Diego, where stages changed horses and passengers spent the night. The store supplied miners from the Los Burros district and families on the coast, and the first Jolon post office was located here. The inn became the nucleus of the settlement of Jolon. Its busiest years ran from about 1875 to 1910, until the railroad and a new highway bypassed it by nearly twenty miles. It operated as a hotel until 1929. William Randolph Hearst bought it that year, and the Army acquired it in 1940, using it as a recreation center. Neglect followed, and the roof collapsed in 1969.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Antonio Ramirez (1849); second story and wood-frame additions by George Dutton","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated and in ruins: the roof caved in in 1969, though the walls were still two stories high; the building was unoccupied. Later documents record federal surplus declaration and transfer to Monterey County in 1976.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.129495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000166.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000166/1aacd3bb3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000166/1aacd3bb3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Cbdem","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutton_hotel_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cbdem</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:Dutton_hotel_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859912","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_Hotel,_Stagecoach_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108896841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/dutton-hotel-stagecoach-station-71000166/"}