{"nrhp_refnum":"79000513","name":"Pickwick Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 S. Anaheim Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Anaheim","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.834093832000065,"lon":-117.91383403199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Spanish Revival hotel and bus terminal at 225 S. Anaheim Boulevard in Anaheim, California, opened December 6, 1926 and built for the Pickwick Stage Company. The architect was E. Durfee and the builder was Wilson and Bever.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the only Spanish Revival hotel built in Anaheim in the 1920s and the city's only remaining bus terminal. It was the last major structure of the downtown commercial building boom and a social center during the Depression. Its largely unaltered state is cited as a rare reminder of 1920s-1940s hotel life as older downtown buildings face demolition.","narrative":"Opened on December 6, 1926 as the El Torre, this Spanish Revival hotel at 225 S. Anaheim Boulevard combined a hotel, restaurant and bus terminal for the Pickwick Stage Company. Architect E. Durfee designed it and Wilson and Bever built it for about $110,000 on land leased from the Rimpau family. Stucco and frame walls, green window frames, a red tile roof, ornamental iron and a four-story tower with a cupola give it a strong Spanish character. Inside are a two-story lobby with a mezzanine, an ornate iron stairway, original light fixtures and a large waiting room with skylights. The name changed to Pickwick in the late 1920s, and Greyhound buses stopped there until about 1967. It was the last major building of Anaheim's 1920s downtown boom and is the city's only surviving bus terminal. Its largely unaltered condition and the loss of neighboring commercial buildings underlie its importance.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Architect: E. Durfee; Builder: Wilson and Bever","architectural_style":"Spanish Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied, with upstairs rooms in use as hotel rooms; the old bus waiting room is used for storage. Very few alterations to exterior or interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.383344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000513.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860312","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/pickwick-hotel-79000513/"}