Clift Hotel is a hotel in Chinatown, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “historic hotel in San Francisco, California”. It opened in 1915. It is owned by Morgans Hotel Group. The building has 17 floors. It stands about 1.0 km from the centre of Chinatown.[3]

Overview

The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel is a historic hotel at 495 Geary Street in San Francisco, California, two blocks west of Union Square. Opened on February 1, 1915, the hotel was developed to serve visitors to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition and was designed by the architectural firm MacDonald & Applegarth.

From “The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1915. It was designed by Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr. and George Adrian Applegarth. The building has 17 floors. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 1.0 km from the centre of Chinatown. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), about 18 km from the centre of Chinatown.[4]

It is one of 67 hotels in and around Chinatown recorded in Wikidata, 30 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 19 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Lick House, opened in 1863. See Hotels in Chinatown.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

  • Warwick San Francisco — 0.0 km
  • The Marker San Francisco — 0.1 km
  • Union Square Plaza Hotel — 0.1 km
  • Hotel Spero — 0.1 km
  • Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection — 0.1 km
  • Hotel G San Francisco — 0.1 km
  • Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco, a Viceroy Urban Retreat — 0.1 km
  • Staypineapple, An Elegant Hotel, Union Square — 0.2 km
  • JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square — 0.2 km
  • Hotel Nikko San Francisco — 0.2 km, opened 1987

See also

References

  1. ^ Clift Hotel (Q5133119). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Clift Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-07-11.
  3. ^ Chinatown (Q1073644). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Chinatown. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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