{"nrhp_refnum":"79003465","name":"Kingen Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30054 Yosemite Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"La Grange","county":"Stanislaus County","state":"CA","lat":37.66351333800003,"lon":-120.46119235299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular shiplap hotel and post office at 30054 Yosemite Blvd. in La Grange, Stanislaus County, California, built in 1915 (date estimated) by Alfred Boudreau.","why_significant":"The form describes it as a vernacular Beaux-Arts building with colonial revival details, shown in its cornice and cantilevered overhang. The main theme is architecture. It is also listed as part of a commercial district.","narrative":"Built around 1915 by Alfred Boudreau, this two-story hotel on Yosemite Boulevard in La Grange, Stanislaus County, has served as both a hotel and a post office. The rectangular building is clad in shiplap and has a three-bay facade beneath a hipped roof. A bold colonial revival dentilated cornice runs across the front, and a cantilevered canopy projects above the first floor, trimmed in pressed tin that echoes the anthemion motif. The state inventory describes the design as vernacular Beaux-Arts with colonial revival details, most visible in the cornice and the overhang. Its importance rests chiefly on this architecture. The building sits on a lot of about 54 by 164 feet, remains on its original site, and is considered unaltered and in fair condition. It is recorded as part of a commercial district, and no threats to the site were known when the inventory was prepared.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Builder: Alfred Boudreau","architectural_style":"Vernacular Beaux-Arts with colonial revival details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated fair; unaltered; on its original site; no threats known. Original use was hotel; present use is hotel and post office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.925497-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79003465.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003465/2279383d56-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003465/2279383d56-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mirokuofnite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingen_Hotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirokuofnite</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:Kingen_Hotel.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857824","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133554696"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/stanislaus-county/kingen-hotel-79003465/"}