Herald Hotel, San Francisco
historic place
The Herald Hotel, located on Eddy Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, was completed in 1910. Architect Alfred Henry Jacobs designed the seven-story building in the Renaissance Revival style. It originally featured 150 rooms and 97 baths, with an imposing lobby showcasing patterned, leaded glass skylights. Notably, the hotel used a steel frame, an advanced construction method for its time. The Herald Hotel's opening helped establish the area west of Union Square as a major downtown hotel district after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. The Tenderloin developed to accommodate visitors for the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition and provide lodging near downtown. In 1983, it was converted to 73 affordable housing units. Renovations in the early 2000s restored some original architectural details. The Herald Hotel is recognized as a historic place and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reflecting its role in San Francisco's post-earthquake rebuilding.