{"nrhp_refnum":"80000842","name":"Grand-Horton Hotel","other_names":["Horton Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"332, 328 and 334 F St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.71384472600005,"lon":-117.16134720699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick-veneer commercial hotel at 332 F Street in downtown San Diego, California, completed in October 1887 and designed by Comstock and Trotsche, architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the finest commercial Italianate buildings in San Diego and the only remaining hotel in that style. It is also one of the few surviving works of Comstock and Trotsche. It is tied to the 1887 boom, early downtown development, civic organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, and prominent San Diegans.","narrative":"Built in 1887 at the height of San Diego's land boom, this three-story hotel at 332 F Street was designed by Comstock and Trotsche. Its brick-veneer front has twin projecting bay windows, cantilevered wood balconies with cast-iron railings, a mansard roof and an ornate bracketed cornice. Inside, the rooms are arranged around a two-story skylit lightwell with a carved wood grand staircase. The ground floor has been altered, but most original fabric survives on the upper floors. The nomination describes it as the city's only remaining hotel in the commercial Italianate style and one of few surviving works by its architects. The building also housed the Chamber of Commerce exhibit hall from 1890 to 1895, and it hosted the Natural History Society and other local groups. Its residents included newspaper editor William H. Porterfield and Ed Fletcher. At listing it faced possible demolition for a parking structure, while the owners planned rehabilitation.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Comstock and Trotsche, Architects","architectural_style":"Commercial Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good with minor deterioration; ground floor holds two bars and upper floors are hotel rooms. The nomination says it was threatened with condemnation and demolition for a city parking structure.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.597297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000842.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000842/66d2cb3ac9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000842/66d2cb3ac9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bernard Gagnon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horton_Grand_Hotel,_San_Diego.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernard Gagnon</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:Horton_Grand_Hotel,_San_Diego.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860869","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Grand_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5561396"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/grand-horton-hotel-80000842/"}