Hotel De Anza
De Anza Hotel | |
Mission/Spanish Revival | |
NRHP reference No. | 82002266 [1] |
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Added to NRHP | January 21, 1982 |
The Hotel De Anza is a historic hotel in San Jose, California. At ten stories, it once was the tallest hotel in the San Jose central business district, prior to the construction of Hilton, Fairmont, and Marriott hotels.[2] Significant for its architectural style, it is one of San Jose's few Zig Zag Moderne (Art Deco) buildings. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1982.
History
The De Anza Hotel was funded by the local business community, united in an organization called the San Jose Community Hotel Corporation. The hotel took three years of planning by this group and stock subscriptions were obtained from more than 200 local citizens. Architect W. H. Weeks was the building's designer and Carl Swenson was the contractor. Local business leaders emphasized that the hotel would benefit San Jose and that the modern accommodations would help attract conventions to the area. Groundbreaking occurred on February 27, 1931,[3] and was presided over by the corporation president, Alexander Hart, and many of San Jose's most prominent citizens and businessmen. It was originally planned to be called "The San Jose Hotel", but instead it was changed to be named after explorer Juan Bautista de Anza.
The facade features a 10-story central section flanked by a 9-story section on either side. These massings along with the building's
The interior of the De Anza is distinguished by a main lobby where Art Deco elements are integrated into a predominantly
By the 1970s, the hotel had become run down and was nearly demolished. Instead, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency was able to save the building and arranged for its reconstruction, which cost twenty times its initial construction price.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "De Anza Hotel". California's Historic Silicon Valley. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
- ^ a b "History". Hotel De Anza. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
- ^ Pizarro, Sal (August 13, 2016). "Hotel de Anza mural a win in fight against 'Tan Jose'". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service.