The Oakland Hotel is a historic building in

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. It was built as a luxury hotel by P.J. Walker in 1912, with investments from businessmen

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and W.W. Garthwaite. With From 1943 to 1963, it was a hospital for the

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and the

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. It was subsequently unoccupied until at least the late 1970s. The building was designed in the

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by architect

Henry Janeway Hardenbergh Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (February 6, 1847 – March 13, 1918) was an American architect, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings, and as a "master of a new building form — the skyscraper." Life and career Hardenbergh was born in ...

. It has been listed on the

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since September 4, 1979.

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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California Renaissance Revival architecture in California Hotel buildings completed in 1912 Veterans Affairs medical facilities Oakland Designated Landmarks {{AlamedaCountyCA-NRHP-stub