Hotel Montgomery Explained

Hotel Name:Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown (Hotel Montgomery)
Location:United States
Address:211 S. First Street
San Jose, California
Chain:Four Points by Sheraton
Opening Date:1911, 2002
Developer:Thomas S. Montgomery
Architect:William Binder
Operator:Marriott International
Number Of Rooms:86
Number Of Restaurants:1
Floor Area:60000square feet
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Hotel Montgomery
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Location:211 SW First St., San Jose, California
Coordinates:37.3325°N -121.8875°W
Built:1911
Architect:Binder, William
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:April 20, 2006
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:06000328

The Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown or Hotel Montgomery[1] is a historic hotel in Downtown San Jose, California.

History

In an effort to preserve the hotel, and to accommodate the 13-story, 264 room expansion of the Fairmont San Jose Hotel, the San Jose Redevelopment Agency had the Montgomery moved 57m (187feet) south of its original location at First Street and Paseo de San Antonio at a cost of $8.6 million. The total cost of the renovation, including the move, was $25.5 million.[2] [3]

The move is considered to be the 4th heaviest building ever moved.[4] The hotel was reopened in 2004 as the Hotel Montgomery, but later rebranded to Four Points by Sheraton, now doing business as Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown. The hotel is owned and operated by Khanna Enterprises, III, LLC, of Santa Ana, California.

The building is listed on the California Register of Historical Places.[5]

In 2016, the hotel announced plans to expand by means of construction of a 24-story addition, directly north of the original building.[6] This was later cancelled.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown.
  2. Web site: Andrew F. Hamm . Montgomery Hotel to re-open in San Jose . Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal . 18 June 2004 . 29 September 2010.
  3. Web site: Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downtown . SanJose.com . 2010 . 21 September 2010.
  4. Web site: Molly Edmonds . The Five Heaviest Buildings Ever Moved . HowStuffWorks.com . 2010 . 21 September 2010.
  5. Web site: Hotel Montgomery . California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation . 2010 . 29 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101008033231/http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/listed_resources/default.asp?num=N2323 . 8 October 2010 .
  6. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/05/06/21-story-addition-contemplated-for-historic.html 21-story addition contemplated for historic Montgomery Hotel in downtown San Jose