Huntington Hotel, Hotel in San Francisco, US
The Huntington Hotel is a twelve-story brick building sitting at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, with around 135 rooms. Guest rooms are spacious and look out over Huntington Park, which sits directly across the street.
The building opened in 1922 as an apartment house, designed by architects Weeks and Day, before Eugene Fritz converted it into a hotel that his family ran for decades. After a long closure and financial difficulties in the 2010s, new ownership took over in 2024 with plans to reopen the property.
The hotel's bar, known as the Big 4, takes its name from four railroad entrepreneurs who shaped the West Coast in the 19th century. Dark wood paneling, leather seating, and old photographs on the walls give the room a feel that echoes the city's gold rush era.
The hotel sits on Nob Hill, where walking to nearby sights is easy, and a cable car line runs close by for getting around the rest of the city. Hotel staff can point you toward transport options if you need to go farther.
During its troubled years, the property operated briefly under the name The Scarlet Huntington before going through a series of failed auction attempts by Deutsche Bank between 2020 and 2023. This makes it one of the few historic city hotels to have gone through such a drawn-out public financial saga.
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