National Exchange Hotel Explained

National Exchange Hotel
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Partof:Nevada City Downtown Historic District
Partof Refnum:85002520
Designated Other1:California
Location:211 Broad St., Nevada City, California
Coordinates:39.2622°N -121.0179°W
Built:1856
Architecture:Victorian, brick
Added:October 25, 1973
Refnum:73000416
Designated Other1 Number:899
Designated Other1 Num Position:both

The National Exchange Hotel (also known as the National Hotel) is located in Nevada City in the U.S. state of California. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a California Historical Landmark, it is one of the oldest continuously operated hotels west of the Rockies.[1] It opened in August 1856 under the name of "Bicknell Block".

In 1863, there was a fire and the hotel was shut down for a temporary period of time. By 1894, a new balcony had been added to the hotel (pictured).[2] At a civic affair in San Francisco a Nevada City businessman, John J. Jackson, claimed that a meeting that took place in 1898 at the National Hotel was the creation of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.[3] In 2012, the hotel was the subject of an episode of Ghost Adventures.

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  1. Web site: California Landmark 899: National Hotel in Nevada City, California. Noehill.com. 16 May 2010.
  2. Book: Brower, Maria E.. Nevada City. 16 May 2010. October 2005. Arcadia Publishing. 978-0-7385-3062-8. 61–62, 67.
  3. Book: Hoover. Mildred Brooke. Kyle. Douglas E.. Historic spots in California. 16 May 2010. 2002-09-06. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-4482-9. 258.