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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St., San Francisco, California.
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| Location: | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates: | 37°47′32.1″N 122°24′36″W / 37.79225°N 122.41°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1907 |
| Architect: | James W. and Merritt J. Reid; Julia Morgan |
| Architectural style(s): | Beaux-Arts |
| Governing body: | Private |
| Added to NRHP: | April 17, 2002 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 02000373[1] |
The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, in the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California.
Description
The hotel was nearly completed before the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Although the structure survived, the interior was heavily damaged by fire, and opening was delayed until 1907. Architect and engineer Julia Morgan was hired to repair the building because her then-innovative use of reinforced concrete produced buildings that could withstand earthquakes and other disasters.
It is the original of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and has been featured in many films, including Petulia and The Rock. Exterior images of the structure were used as stand-ins for the fictional St. Gregory Hotel in the U.S. television series Hotel.
Among its attractions is the Tonga Room, a historic tiki bar. In January 2009, the Fairmont’s owners submitted plans for a condo conversion in an adjacent tower, which showed the space where the Tonga Room currently is but did not show the Tonga Room itself. [2]
Hotel officials say no construction is planned until at least 2012, but that has not stopped San Franciscans from organizing “happy hour protests” at the club, a grueling brand of insurgency that involves drinking large numbers of house specialties like the Tonga Itch, which contains vodka, rum, Curaçao and pineapple juice.[2]Meanwhile, a group plans to file an application to make the Tonga Room an official San Francisco landmark.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ a b Jesse McKinley, "Order a Mai Tai and Save Paradise", New York Times, April 3, 2009, Fashion & Style Section.
- ^ John King, "The Tonga Room a Landmark? Not So Fast", San Francisco Chronicle (September 8, 2009)
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