{"nrhp_refnum":"80000865","name":"Hotel Sainte Claire","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 and 320 S. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.336859799000024,"lon":-121.88395485699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story hotel at 302 and 320 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, California, at the corner of South Market and San Carlos streets. It was completed in 1926 and designed by the San Francisco firm of Weeks and Day.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant for its role in San Jose's history and as one of the city's best-known architectural landmarks. It is also significant as a fine example of a monumental eclectic style building by the prominent firm of Weeks and Day, who designed the Mark Hopkins and St. Francis hotels in San Francisco.","narrative":"Rising six stories at the corner of South Market and San Carlos streets in downtown San Jose, this hotel was built in 1926 and designed by the San Francisco firm of Weeks and Day. Its steel and concrete frame is clad in tawny brick above a rusticated buff stone arcade, with a recessed, angled corner entrance and Renaissance Revival detailing that also nods to French and Spanish architecture. Paired arched windows, Corinthian pilasters and a shell-motif cornice mark the upper floors. Inside, the lobby retains coffered ceilings, gold detailing, terrazzo and marble, though other public rooms have been modernized. Realtor and developer T. S. Montgomery financed the project and donated nearby land for the civic auditorium. The hotel became San Jose's premier grand hotel, reputed to offer the most elegant accommodations between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Its architects also designed the Mark Hopkins and St. Francis hotels, and the coffered lobby ceiling echoes the Mark Hopkins.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Weeks and Day","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival with French and Spanish references; monumental eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in fair condition. Ground-floor space is used commercially, including a bistro and a restaurant. The lobby is the most intact interior space, and the hotel was remodeled several times, with a major renovation in 1962.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.322933-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000865/1ce7362354-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000865/1ce7362354-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-Sainte_Claire_Hotel-4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</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:USA-San_Jose-Sainte_Claire_Hotel-4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861711","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Westin_San_Jose","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5911936"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/hotel-sainte-claire-80000865/"}