{"nrhp_refnum":"82000973","name":"Centrella Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pacific Grove","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.62272587800004,"lon":-121.91783156999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three one-story and one 2 1/2-story vernacular redwood frame buildings at 612 Central Avenue and 145 17th Street and 150 and 152 16th Street in Pacific Grove, California. The oldest parts date to 1888-89, with cottages added about 1901.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the few remaining hotel complexes from the period when Pacific Grove changed from a seaside Methodist religious campground into the Monterey Peninsula's second city. Its growth from a single building in 1889 into a hotel with cottages reflects the town's shift toward resort use. Its location across from Chautauqua Hall placed it at the center of local activity.","narrative":"Centrella Hotel is a cluster of vernacular redwood frame buildings in central Pacific Grove, made up of the main hotel at 612 Central Avenue and three small cottages on 16th and 17th Streets. The first building, the Centrella Cottage, was begun in December 1888 by caterers Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beighle as a larger boarding house. It was enlarged within a few years, with the main hotel on Sanborn maps by 1892. Cottages were built about 1901 as rentals, and earlier cottages were extended between 1897 and 1905. The hotel drew guests during Pacific Grove's change from a Methodist tent-city retreat and Chautauqua center into a resort town, helped by the railroad and the Del Monte Hotel fire of 1887. It faces Chautauqua Hall across Central Avenue. Rehabilitation work removed a metal fire escape and recreated chimneys to restore its original look. It is regarded as an important local reminder of the town's early resort history.","period_of_significance":"1888-1905 (specific dates 1888-89/1892/1905)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular redwood frame","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as restored or being rehabilitated, with missing features such as chimneys being recreated in wood and the fire escape removed; the form checks occupied and work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.535931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82000973.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000973/31efa7d924-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000973/31efa7d924-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jeffrey Beall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centrella_Hotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Beall</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:Centrella_Hotel.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859905","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrella_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/centrella-hotel-82000973/"}