{"nrhp_refnum":"91000287","name":"Santa Fe Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"935 Santa Fe Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.737806599000066,"lon":-119.78328431499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Hispanic"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick hotel built in 1926 at 935 Santa Fe Avenue in the railroad station district of downtown Fresno, California, with a single-story brick storage shed added in 1928.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant under Criterion A in the area of Ethnic Heritage for its association with Fresno's Basque community. It served as a first stop for newly arrived immigrants, a base for sheepmen and herders, and a boarding house, post office, clinic and retirement home. It has operated continuously since 1926 apart from two months in 1988.","narrative":"Built in 1926 in Fresno's railroad station district, this two-story brick hotel at 935 Santa Fe Avenue was a gathering place for the city's Basque immigrants. The upper floor holds 23 sleeping rooms, while the ground floor contains a bar, a family-style dining hall, a kitchen and a private apartment. The front facade has an ornamental sheet metal cornice, brick arches over the second-floor windows and a recessed, round-arched entrance. Original storefronts were later filled in with stucco and stone, but the interior remains little changed. Its importance lies in its role in Basque life. Newly arrived immigrants stopped here first, sheepmen looked for herders here, and herders used it as a mailing address and a place to store belongings. It also served as a clinic, a boarding house for ranch children, and a home for retired bachelor herders. The hotel has operated nearly without interruption since 1926, and it also draws non-Basque diners.","period_of_significance":"1926-1940","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; photo caption names Jose Irigoien as the contractor who built the hotel","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mediterranean Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still operating as a hotel with a restaurant and bar; in continuous operation since 1926 except two months in 1988 for plumbing repairs. The interior is little altered, though the original storefronts were filled in during the late 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.394563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/91000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000287/88f78f612d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000287/88f78f612d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wearsunscreen","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Fe_Hotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wearsunscreen</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:Santa_Fe_Hotel.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858693","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133261363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/santa-fe-hotel-91000287/"}