{"nrhp_refnum":"71000181","name":"Hotel Del Coronado","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1500 Orange Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coronado","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.680687234500056,"lon":-117.17842090468787,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-10-14","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-05-05","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Victorian seaside resort hotel at 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, California, designed by James W. Reid and Merritt Reid and built beginning in 1887. It opened in February 1888 and is a 3-, 4- and 5-story wood-shingled building around a courtyard.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last of the extravagantly conceived seaside resort hotels in Southern California and one of few such hotels left in the United States. It is also tied to the Coronado land venture of Elisha Babcock, early electric lighting, and visits by U.S. Presidents and the Prince of Wales. It is a registered California State Historical Landmark.","narrative":"Hotel Del Coronado is a Victorian seaside resort hotel at 1500 Orange Avenue in Coronado, California. Designed by James W. Reid and his brother Merritt for developer Elisha S. Babcock, construction began in March 1887 and the hotel opened in February 1888, though work continued for two more years. The building rises three to five stories around a courtyard measuring 150 by 250 feet, with wood-shingled walls, dormers, gables, turrets and cupolas. Its Crown Room, Coronet Room and main lobby survive with their original woodwork, while guest rooms, the ballroom, the entrance and the grounds have been altered over time. The nomination describes it as the last of the extravagant seaside resort hotels in Southern California and one of the few remaining in the country. It cites early electric lighting installed under Thomas Edison's direction, power supplied to the peninsula until 1920, and visits by six presidents and the Prince of Wales in 1920.","period_of_significance":"1887-1888","architect_builder":"James W. Reid and Merritt Reid (Reid brothers)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent but altered; occupied and in use as a hotel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.15003-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000181.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000181/47c966a716-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000181/47c966a716-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Armandoartist","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Del_Coronado_Drone_Picture_Turf_Lawn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Armandoartist</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:Hotel_Del_Coronado_Drone_Picture_Turf_Lawn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860886","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_del_Coronado","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631096"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/hotel-del-coronado-71000181/"}