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.[3] It opened in August 1856 under the name of "Bicknell Block".[3]
National Exchange Hotel | |
Location | 211 Broad St., Nevada City, California |
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Coordinates | 39°15′45″N 121°1′1″W / 39.26250°N 121.01694°W |
Built | 1856 |
Architectural style | Victorian, brick |
Part of | Nevada City Downtown Historic District (ID85002520) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000416[1] |
CHISL No. | 899[2] |
Added to NRHP | October 25, 1973 |
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).[4] 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.[4][5] In 2012, the hotel was the subject of an episode of Ghost Adventures.