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The Huntington Hotel
San Francisco, California, United States · Independent · High Luxury
Weeks and Day designed the Huntington Apartments atop San Francisco's Nob Hill in 1922. Eugene Fritz converted them to a hotel in 1924 and named the house for railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington. Added to the National Register in September 2025, The Huntington Hotel reopened in March 2026 after a pandemic closure and a foreclosure fight, and The Big Four restaurant returned with it.
- 71 rooms
- Opened 1924
- Neighborhood: Union Square
- Architect: Weeks & Day
- Interiors: Ken Fulk
About The Huntington Hotel
- Named for Collis P. Huntington of the Central Pacific Railroad's Big Four, though it stands across California Street from his former mansion site.
- Closed as The Scarlet Huntington after a 2014 remodel, then returned to the Huntington name under Woodridge Capital in 2018.
- The Big Four restaurant, opened in 1976 by then-owner Dolly Fritz-Cope, closed in 2020 and reopened with the 2026 hotel revival.
History
The Huntington Hotel on San Francisco's Nob Hill was built in 1922 as the Huntington Apartments, designed by architecture firm Weeks and Day, and converted to a hotel in 1924 by Eugene Fritz. Named for railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington, the 135-room landmark was added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 2025 and reopened after restoration on March 2, 2026.
The setting
The Huntington Hotel is an Union Square hotel on the west side of Union Square in San Francisco. Union Square is roughly 7 minutes' walk. It is not the city's prettiest neighborhood. It is the middle: the Curran and ACT for a seat, SFMOMA and Yerba Buena a walk south, the cable-car turnaround as civic theater.
Restaurants and bars
- Arabella’s — Bar · Cocktail bar
- The Big Four — Restaurant
Amenities
- Spa
- Infinity pool
- Hot tub
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