Downtown in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Travelers' Hotel

428 J Street

— Built 1914 —

Travelers' Hotel Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 9, 2025

1. Travelers' Hotel Marker

Inscription. Registered on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior 1978
Renovated 2016

Owner: 428 Associates, LP
Manager: Brennan Properties, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 38° 34.924′ N, 121° 30.02′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of J Street and 5th Street, on the right on J Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 428 J Street, Sacramento CA 95814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: St. George Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Squatters Riot (about 400 feet away); Central Pacific’s Other Big Four (about 400 feet away); Pioneer Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sacramento Pioneers Society (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Preservationists (approx. 0.2 miles away); Decay and Redevelopment (approx. 0.2 miles away); Women in the Wartime Workforce (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

Also see . . . NoeHill Travels in California: Travelers' Hotel.

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unusual E-shape of the six-story building allowed all 226 rooms to face outside and was copied from the famous St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco."

(Submitted on February 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 9, 2025

2. Travelers' Hotel Marker

Travelers' Hotel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, February 9, 2025

3. Travelers' Hotel

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 276 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.