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InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States · InterContinental · Accessible Luxury
Weeks and Day's Hotel Mark Hopkins opened 4 December 1926 on Nob Hill where railroad baron Mark Hopkins's mansion and later art institute burned after the 1906 quake. In 1939 the 19th-floor penthouse became the glass-walled Top of the Mark, the wartime farewell lounge for Pacific-bound service members. Maynard Dixon and Frank Von Sloun's Room of the Dons murals still show Queen Calafia; the house is a San Francisco Designated Landmark and Historic Hotels of America member.
- 383 rooms
- Opened 1926
- Neighborhood: Nob Hill
- Architect: Weeks & Day
About InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco
- Occupies the site of Mark Hopkins's Nob Hill mansion, later the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, destroyed in the 1906 earthquake fire.
- Eadweard Muybridge shot his 1877 panoramic photograph of San Francisco from the mansion tower, then the city's highest point.
- Top of the Mark opened in 1939 when the 19th-floor penthouse became a glass-walled cocktail lounge.
- During World War II the lounge was a favored farewell spot for Pacific-bound servicemen and their families.
- The Room of the Dons holds nine seven-foot panels by Maynard Dixon and Frank Von Sloun, including Queen Calafia against a gold-leaf sky.
History
The InterContinental Mark Hopkins stands atop Nob Hill on the former site of railroad magnate Mark Hopkins's mansion, which became the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art before being destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The current 19-story hotel was designed by the San Francisco firm Weeks & Day and opened on December 4, 1926, combining Renaissance Revival massing with French chateau and Spanish ornamentation. In 1939 the 19th-floor penthouse was converted into the Top of the Mark sky lounge, which became a celebrated farewell-and-reunion spot for service members during World War II and remains the hotel's signature feature. The property is a member of Historic Hotels of America and has anchored Nob Hill as a San Francisco landmark for nearly a century.
The setting
Rising at the crest of Nob Hill, the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco occupies the site where railroad baron Mark Hopkins planned his 39-room hilltop mansion — a home he never lived to see before the 1906 earthquake razed it. Mining entrepreneur George D. Smith built this 19-story French chateau, which opened in December 1926; its Top of the Mark lounge became a wartime pilgrimage site for Pacific-bound servicemen during World War II. Amid a cluster of landmark luxury properties on the Hill, three cable-car lines run nearby, Union Square is ten minutes on foot, and the near-360-degree city and Bay views remain the most celebrated on Nob Hill.
Restaurants and bars
- Top of the Mark — Restaurant
- Nob Hill Club — Restaurant
Amenities
- 24-hour fitness center
- Club InterContinental lounge
- Valet parking
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- San Francisco Designated Landmark #184
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