{"nrhp_refnum":"84000757","name":"St. George Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Volcano","county":"Amador County","state":"CA","lat":38.44179787000007,"lon":-120.63062412499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, 14-room brick hotel built in 1867 at the entrance to the town of Volcano, Amador County, California, facing Main Street (now Pine Grove-Volcano Road).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is an outstanding example of California Gold Rush era commercial architecture, showing Greek Revival influence from the early years of statehood. It is the fourth hotel on its site, the earlier three having burned, and has operated almost continuously for over 115 years. It is also the landmark and predominant building on the town's historic main street.","narrative":"Rising three stories above the main road into Volcano, California, this brick hotel was built in 1867 and contains 14 rooms, with porches wrapping its front and south sides. Its walls are 14 inches thick, and it is based on Greek Revival forms popular in the eastern United States. The brick design stayed cool in summer and was more fireproof than the frame buildings that came before it. Three earlier hotels on the site burned between 1853 and 1862, and the 1867 building was named St. George to ward off fire. It has served as the community's main hotel for more than 115 years, though it was a boarding house and stood vacant for a time before a 1932 restoration that added a bar, rear additions and a hipped roof. Porch railings were replaced in the 1950s. The hotel is recognized as an outstanding example of Gold Rush era commercial building and as the landmark of a once-thriving mining town.","period_of_significance":"1867 (specific date); 1900- period box also checked","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect unknown; the text says the present hotel was built in 1867 by B. F. George","architectural_style":"Greek Revival influence; Gold Rush era commercial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and still operating as a hotel with dining room and bar; altered in 1932 and the 1950s with a hipped roof, bar, rear additions and new porch railings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.102268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/84000757.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000757/2e4ff43ba8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000757/2e4ff43ba8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-CA-StGeorgeHotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-CA-StGeorgeHotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858416","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_Hotel_(Volcano,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65087405"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/amador-county/st-george-hotel-84000757/"}