{"nrhp_refnum":"92000466","name":"New Hotel Carquinez","other_names":["Hotel Don"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"410 Harbour Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Contra Costa County","state":"CA","lat":37.937013731000036,"lon":-122.36039881399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story reinforced concrete hotel with a basement and ground-floor commercial space at 410 Harbour Way, Richmond, California, built in 1926 and later known as Hotel Don. The street facades are brick veneer with an ornamental cast cement plaster cornice.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel was Richmond's main meeting place, where the Chamber of Commerce and community organizations held key business and social events, including gatherings tied to the Parr Lease, the Ford plant and wartime shipyards. It also claims architectural significance for its late 19th and early 20th century American movements design with Sullivanesque influence. It is described as one of the few remaining historic buildings from Richmond's pre-Depression growth era.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 410 Harbour Way in Richmond, California, this five-story reinforced concrete building served as the city's community hotel and was later called Hotel Don. Its two street facades are faced in brick, topped by an ornamental cast cement plaster cornice that shows Sullivanesque influence. It was financed by a local enterprise, Richmond Community Hotel Inc., and became the place where the Chamber of Commerce and civic clubs held their most important meetings. Events recorded there include the 1926 signing of the Parr Lease, planning sessions for the Ford assembly plant, and a 1940 luncheon honoring Fred D. Parr for bringing shipyards to the harbor. Earlier alterations had removed windows, the marquee and storefronts, but the massing, cornice, brick banding, tile flooring and wood stairway survived. A recent certified rehabilitation restored windows and storefronts and converted the building to senior housing with retail space. It is one of few remaining historic resources in Richmond.","period_of_significance":"1926-1942","architect_builder":"Plachek, James W.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (Sullivanesque influence)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recently completed a certified rehabilitation that restored windows and storefronts; new use is moderate-income housing for seniors with ground-floor retail.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.324108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000466.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000466/a28bb458dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000466/a28bb458dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Hotel_Carquinez_(Richmond,_CA).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:New_Hotel_Carquinez_(Richmond,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858550","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hotel_Carquinez","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7008869"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/contra-costa-county/new-hotel-carquinez-92000466/"}