{"nrhp_refnum":"77000333","name":"International Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"848 Kearny St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.78534792500005,"lon":-122.42189949199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Pacific-Islander","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick hotel at 848 Kearny Street, San Francisco, built in 1874 on the south side of Jackson Street and rebuilt in 1906-07 after the earthquake and fire. It measures about 120 by 100 feet.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel became the social and cultural center of San Francisco's Filipino community, in the Kearny/Jackson area known as Manilatown. Its basement also housed the \"hungry i\" nightclub, where many well-known entertainers began their careers. A long tenant struggle against eviction beginning in 1968 added to its symbolic importance.","narrative":"Located at 848 Kearny Street in San Francisco, the International Hotel is a three-story red brick building, roughly 120 by 100 feet, first built in 1874 with 146 rooms. The 1906 earthquake did little harm, but the fire caused heavy damage, and the hotel was rebuilt in 1907 using parts of the basement, entryway and ground floor. Its symmetrical facades combine a central pavilion with stone balconies, brick quoins and a modillioned cornice in a restrained classical manner. Its importance lies in later use. During the early and mid twentieth century it housed Filipino workers, students and merchant seamen at a time when discriminatory laws limited where they could live and own property, and it anchored the Manilatown neighborhood. From about 1954 the basement held the \"hungry i\" nightclub, an early stage for many noted entertainers. After eviction notices in 1968, elderly Filipino and Chinese tenants and supporters fought for nine years to keep the building from demolition.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Adaptation of Italian Renaissance palace design, or restrained Beaux Arts classical, of the late 19th or early 20th century","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, private ownership, in fair condition and unaltered; the form notes apparent lack of maintenance and an ownership/eviction dispute.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.171682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/77000333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000333/0515c5cf5a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000333/0515c5cf5a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Hotel_(San_Francisco).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:International_Hotel_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861177","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Hotel_(San_Francisco)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6050970"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/international-hotel-77000333/"}