The Alexandria Hotel and Annex, also known as Plaza Hotel and Annex, is located at 840-844 Brown St. in
Napa, California. Built in 1910, the hotel was a work of architect
William H. Corlett. The hotel's design exemplifies the
Mission Revival
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...
and
Mediterranean Revival styles, which were both popular in California in the early 20th century. The design features three square towers on the street facing corners, overhanging eaves, and both slanted
bay
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and rounded windows. The hotel's annex is older than the hotel and was redesigned to match the hotel's architecture when the hotel was built.
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The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982. The listing included two contributing buildings, the hotel and its annex.
2014 Napa Valley earthquake
File:Napa Alexandria crumble after Napa Valley earthquake (14851105590).jpg, Damage from South Napa quake
File:2014 South Napa eathquake Alexandria Square building.jpg, Earthquake damaged Alexandria Square building
File:Alexandria Square building May 2015.jpg, Renovations underway in May 2015
File:Alexandria Hotel and Annex June 2016.jpg, Renovations completed in June 2016
The building was damaged by the 2014 South Napa earthquake
The 2014 South Napa earthquake occurred in the North San Francisco Bay Area on August 24 at . At 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), the event was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Are ...
, and has been renovated.
References
Mission Revival architecture in California
Hotel buildings completed in 1910
Buildings and structures in Napa County, California
National Register of Historic Places in Napa County, California
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