{"nrhp_refnum":"75000495","name":"Grand Union Hotel","other_names":["Stagecoach Inn Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 Ventu Park Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newbury Park","county":"Ventura County","state":"CA","lat":34.17810674900005,"lon":-118.91243280699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reconstructed 1876 two-story stagecoach hotel in Newbury Park, Ventura County, California, now operated as the Stagecoach Inn Museum. The original Grand Union Hotel was built by James Hamel; this replica stands on a site moved 1/4 mile south of the original.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn represents Monterey style architecture of the later 1800s and was the last remaining structure from that era in the Conejo Valley before a fire. It is tied to the stage line network between San Francisco and Los Angeles that promoted settlement of the valley. The reconstruction is valued as an educational link to the valley's past.","narrative":"Built in 1876 by James Hamel, the Grand Union Hotel was a 28-room, two-story redwood inn in the Monterey style, with uncovered second-story balconies, turned pillars and an outdoor staircase. Hamel expected it to serve overland stagecoach travelers, though the planned route changed and it mainly served local stage travelers, cattle and grain buyers and land speculators. The building was moved a quarter mile in 1966 to make way for Highway 101, then burned in April 1970 while being restored. It was rebuilt as the Stagecoach Inn Museum, using research, photographs and reproduction materials to duplicate the original, with a basement added and some door and window locations adjusted for modern codes. The nomination presents it as a reconstruction that preserves the memory of the last 1870s-era structure in the Conejo Valley, the region's role in California stage transportation, and a setting for educating local residents and schoolchildren.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date July 4, 1876)","architect_builder":"James Hamel-builder; architect unknown","architectural_style":"Monterey style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Reconstructed as a museum after the original was moved in 1966 for Highway 101 expansion and burned in April 1970; interior work was still in progress at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.784186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000495.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000495/d0a371f570-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000495/d0a371f570-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stagecoach_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862344","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach_Inn_(California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7596851"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/ventura-county/grand-union-hotel-75000495/"}