{"nrhp_refnum":"76001671","name":"St. James Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1226--1232 Walnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94884769600003,"lon":-75.16198538499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story hotel building at the southeast corner of 13th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on its original site. It was built in two campaigns, 1901 (1230-1232 Walnut Street) and 1904 (1226-1230 Walnut Street), and is designed by Horace Trumbauer.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as a fine example of classically inspired eclectic architecture of the turn of the century. It is described as an early stepping stone in Trumbauer's career as an architect of wealthy clients. The building is also described as an important fixture of Philadelphia's urban fabric despite decades of use as a hotel.","narrative":"Twelve stories of steel frame and fireproofed construction rise from the southeast corner of 13th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, on a lot measuring 108 by 80 feet. Horace Trumbauer designed the hotel, which was built in two campaigns: 1901 at 1230-1232 Walnut Street and 1904 at 1226-1230 Walnut Street. The walls are light beige brick above a two-story rusticated base with an arcaded ground floor. Ornate balcony cornices appear at the third and seventh floors, with further cornices at the tenth and twelfth. A Second Empire mansard roof with pedimented dormers crowns the building. The hotel is regarded as an excellent example of classically inspired eclectic architecture of the turn of the century. It also marked an early stage in Trumbauer's career as an architect of wealthy clients, and it has remained a prominent part of the city's downtown streetscape through decades of hotel use.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Horace Trumbauer (architect)","architectural_style":"Second Empire and Second Renaissance Revival elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently both a hotel and private residence, according to the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.135583-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001671.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001671/67e85417be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001671/67e85417be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"See below","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTP_D16_AMP_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">See below</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:WTP_D16_AMP_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997050","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Hotel_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588503"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/st-james-hotel-76001671/"}