Park View Hotel
Also known as: Stanyan Park Hotel
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Why it's listed
Three stories of wood frame stand at the corner of Stanyan and Waller Streets, facing Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Built in 1904-1905 for saloon keeper Henry P. Heagerty, the hotel was designed by the firm Martens & Coffey, who considered it the most expensive of their many buildings in the neighborhood, at $28,000. It is described as the oldest surviving hotel on the park's edge, one of about a dozen that once served park visitors. Over the years the building lost its dome, roofline balustrade and most ornament, and was covered with imitation brick paper. A restoration guided by an early twentieth-century photograph recreated the angled bays, window surrounds, cornice and corner dome. The ground floor holds stores and entrances, while the upper floors carry matching windows. The hotel has operated under several names, including Park View Hotel, Hotel Golden Gate, Hotel Roamer and Stadium Hotel, before becoming the Stanyan Park Hotel.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it the oldest extant hotel on the border of Golden Gate Park. It was the costliest ($28,000) and most restrained of the architects' many neighborhood buildings, and it unified hotel, flats, saloon and storefronts in one design. Restoration based on a c. 1908-1910 photograph returned its Beaux Arts appearance.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 83001235, listed August 11, 1983. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 750 Stanyan St., San Francisco |
|---|---|
| County | San Francisco |
| Listed | August 11, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83001235 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1904-1905 |
| Architect / builder | Martens & Coffey |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| Areas of significance | Commerce, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Occupied; restored using the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, with condition listed as excellent and use as commercial. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Within district | Golden Gate Park |
| Coordinates | 37.76792, -122.45292 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 83001235.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q133500674
- This listing as JSON
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