{"nrhp_refnum":"90000117","name":"Hotel Chauvet","other_names":["Chauvet Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13756 Arnold Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Ellen","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.362083624000036,"lon":-122.52631015199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick hotel at 13756 Arnold Drive in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California, built in 1906 by Joshua Chauvet using brick from his own local brickyard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant under Criterion A in the area of Entertainment/Recreation for its link to Glen Ellen's railroad-era tourist and resort trade. It is the only survivor of five early-1900s hotels in town and the largest building in the small central historic commercial group. It also served as a venue for parties, dances and social gatherings.","narrative":"Hotel Chauvet is a three-story brick building at 13756 Arnold Drive in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California. Joshua Chauvet built it in 1906 using yellow brick said to have been made at his own kilns. The classically influenced facade has segmented arched openings grouped into three bays by pilasters, contrasting masonry trim and a stepped corbelled parapet bearing the sign \"1906 HOTEL CHAUVET.\" Iron medallions tie the floors and roof to the walls. The ground floor held public rooms, while the upper floors held guest rooms and a third-floor dance hall. Glen Ellen drew thousands of weekend visitors by rail, and five hotels served them; this is the only one left. The hotel hosted dances, whist parties and club gatherings, and it remained a prominent hotel into the late 1910s. It anchors a small group of four historic buildings, three built by Chauvet, near the entrance to Jack London State Park. The interior was stripped during reconstruction, and the building was reported to be vacant.","period_of_significance":"1906-1920","architect_builder":"Joshua Chauvet","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant/not in use; the interior had recently been reconstructed with finishes removed, and the sponsoring preservation group's letter said the building was in immediate danger of demolition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.06521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90000117.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000117/0cf71f287f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000117/0cf71f287f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Chauvet,_13756_Arnold_Dr.,_Glen_Ellen,_CA_6-12-2010_6-28-05_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Hotel_Chauvet,_13756_Arnold_Dr.,_Glen_Ellen,_CA_6-12-2010_6-28-05_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862084","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55646189"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/hotel-chauvet-90000117/"}