{"nrhp_refnum":"83001179","name":"Benbow Inn","other_names":["Hotel Benbow"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"445 Lake Benbow Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garberville","county":"Humboldt County","state":"CA","lat":40.06757569600006,"lon":-123.78985296999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story English Tudor style hotel at 445 Lake Benbow Drive in Garberville, Humboldt County, California, at the confluence of the East Branch and South Fork Eel River. It was built in 1926 and designed by San Francisco architect Albert Farr for the Benbow family.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the inn as a fine example of English Tudor architecture from the era of American period-revival design, with a high degree of architectural and historical integrity about 57 years after construction. It also notes that notable guests, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, stayed there and that it has been described in travel writing.","narrative":"Benbow Inn is a large hotel in the English Tudor manner beside the South Fork Eel River near Garberville, in southern Humboldt County. Nine Benbow brothers and sisters bought the land in 1924, first intending a family camping spot, then decided to build a hotel for travelers using the new Redwood Highway. San Francisco architect Albert Farr, known for shingle-style and half-timbered houses, designed it, and it opened in 1926. The building has a Douglas fir frame, white stucco, dark brown timbering, sandstone at the lower west end, and many multi-paned casement windows and French doors. Alterations include 1930s attic dormers, a 1960s east addition, and replaced entrance steps. The east end was left unfinished because a planned sandstone tower was never built. Gardens, stone walls and a lawn sloping to the river add to the setting. The inn is recognized for its Tudor architecture, its retained integrity, and its record of notable guests.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"Albert Farr","architectural_style":"English Tudor","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a commercial inn; interior renovated with antique furnishings, and the rooms beneath the terrace were to be rebuilt due to moisture damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.332214-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001179/87afe377d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001179/87afe377d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Gabriel Millos (gamillos)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benbow_Inn_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Millos (gamillos)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benbow_Inn_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858723","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benbow_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56426541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/humboldt-county/benbow-inn-83001179/"}