{"nrhp_refnum":"94000428","name":"Groveland Hotel","other_names":["Garrote Hotel","Groveland Inn &amp","Cafe"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18767 Main St. (CA 120)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Groveland","county":"Tuolumne County","state":"CA","lat":37.839313666000066,"lon":-120.22940737199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-building hotel complex at 18767 Main Street (Highway 120) in Groveland, Tuolumne County, California: an adobe hotel built around 1850-51 and a wood-frame Annex built in 1915.","why_significant":"The adobe hotel is argued to be one of the finest surviving Gold Rush adobe commercial buildings and one of the first permanent structures in Garrote (Groveland). The Annex is cited as a fine example of NeoClassical architecture in Tuolumne County and a symbol of the Hetch Hetchy construction boom. Together they served as a long-running hostelry and boarding house tied to mining and tourism to Yosemite.","narrative":"Two historic hotel buildings stand side by side on Main Street in Groveland, along the old Big Oak Flat road to Yosemite. The older is a two-story adobe built around 1850-51, first as a trading post, then a dwelling, and from 1866 a hotel and boarding house. Its stuccoed adobe walls rest on a native slate stone basement and are wrapped by a two-story balcony. Beside it is a wood-frame Annex finished in 1915 during the Hetch Hetchy construction boom, designed by architect Woodward Withered and built by Robert Scudamore. The Annex has V-groove siding, bay windows, dentils and a two-story balcony. The adobe is considered among the finest Gold Rush adobe commercial buildings and one of the oldest in Tuolumne County. The Annex is a rare surviving NeoClassical example from the Hetch Hetchy era. Both serve as a hotel and restaurant after a recent restoration.","period_of_significance":"1851 to 1935","architect_builder":"Hotel: unknown. Hotel Annex: Withered, Woodward architect/Scudamore, Robert builder.","architectural_style":"Hotel: Mid-19th Century/other: adobe commercial; Hotel Annex: Early 20th Century Revival/NeoClassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recently completed extensive restoration; both buildings retain a high degree of integrity and continue to function as a hotel and restaurant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.838727-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/94000428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000428/d30193e113-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000428/d30193e113-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Almonroth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groveland_Hotel-2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Almonroth</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:Groveland_Hotel-2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862280","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groveland_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85764687"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tuolumne-county/groveland-hotel-94000428/"}