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The Green Shutter Hotel is a historic hotel building located in downtown Hayward in
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, United States. The building was listed on the
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in 2004, and is on the
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History

The building was constructed in 1920 and was first used as a hotel after a large addition in 1926. It is currently used commercially, and houses the Green Shutter Hotel (a
single room occupancy Single room occupancy (more commonly abbreviated to SRO) is a form of housing that is typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. SRO units are ren ...
) on the second floor, with retail businesses on the ground floor, including The Bistro, a pub and music venue, and The Book Shop, now closed, an independent bookstore and at the time the only bookstore in Hayward. In 2017, the interior of the second floor of the building was largely gutted, shutting down the residential hotel. Some ground floor businesses are still operating. The building is intended to reopen as apartments.


See also

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* List of hotels in California


References


External links


Green Shutter Hotel at the National Register of Historic Places websitehistoric photo at Hayward Area Historical Society website
Buildings and structures in Hayward, California Bookstores in the San Francisco Bay Area Hotels in the San Francisco Bay Area Hotel buildings completed in 1926 Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California Residential buildings in Alameda County, California {{AlamedaCountyCA-NRHP-stub