Occidental Hotel is a hotel in Chinatown, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “19th-century hotel in San Francisco, no longer extant”. It stands about 0.6 km from the centre of Chinatown.[3]
Overview
The Occidental Hotel opened in 1861 in San Francisco, California. It was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906. It was one of the many hotels named Occidental in the United States, and it was among the few luxury hotels in San Francisco that catered to wealthy travelers.
From “Occidental Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
Its architecture is described as Italianate architecture. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.6 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:
- Lick House — 0.1 km, opened 1863
- Galleria Park Hotel — 0.1 km
- Omni San Francisco Hotel — 0.2 km
- Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero — 0.2 km
- Hotel des Arts — 0.2 km, opened 2005
- Orchard Garden Hotel — 0.3 km
- Palace Hotel — 0.3 km, opened 1875
- Hotel Triton — 0.3 km
- Hotel 32One — 0.3 km
- Taj Campton Place — 0.4 km
See also
References
- ^ Occidental Hotel (Q16934750). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Occidental Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-05-19.
- ^ Chinatown (Q1073644). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Chinatown. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.