{"nrhp_refnum":"82002266","name":"De Anza Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"233 W. Santa Clara St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.33425907700007,"lon":-121.89494285099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story concrete and steel reinforced hotel with a 4-story rear section at 233 West Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California. Construction began in 1930 and it opened in 1931 to a design by William H. Weeks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant as one of San Jose's few Zig-Zag Moderne (Art Deco) buildings and for its elaborate Spanish Colonial Revival interior. It is also tied to the city's history because local business interests funded its construction through stock subscriptions from more than 200 citizens.","narrative":"Rising ten stories above West Santa Clara Street, this concrete and steel reinforced hotel was the tallest in San Jose's central business district. Construction began in February 1930 and the doors opened a year later. Architect William H. Weeks called his design \"modernistic\"; it is mainly Art Deco, with a stepped, zig-zag parapet, vertical piers, low relief patterns and hints of Mayan influence, along with some Spanish Colonial Revival elements. Inside, a two-story lobby combines Art Deco details with a Spanish scheme, including stenciled wooden beams, wrought iron balconies, a large chandelier and a canopied fireplace. The hotel was financed by the San Jose Community Hotel Corporation, with stock bought by more than 200 local citizens, and built with local labor by contractor Carl N. Swenson. It offered nearly 150 rooms, a coffee shop and a ballroom. Its significance rests on its architecture and its link to the city's business community. Ground-floor changes from the 1950s were slated for restoration.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"William H. Weeks (architect); Carl N. Swenson (contractor)","architectural_style":"Art Deco (Zig-Zag Moderne) with Spanish Colonial Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use, in good condition with alterations; the owner intended to restore the ground floor to its original appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.111448-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002266/dbfbdbd734-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002266/dbfbdbd734-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"EugeneZelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-De_Anza_Hotel-5.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EugeneZelenko</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-De_Anza_Hotel-5.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_De_Anza","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5244224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/de-anza-hotel-82002266/"}