Oroville Inn (Oroville, California) | hotel, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, commercial building, Mission Revival (architecture)

 hotel, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, commercial building, Mission Revival (architecture)

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The Oroville Inn is a five-story building with two attached one-story retail shop wings, all located on a large corner lot in the downtown business district of Oroville, California. The hotel was dedicated on June 1, 1930. Because of its impressive dimensions and modern conveniences, the Oroville Inn immediately became the entertainment and social center of the area. Still in use and recently restored with meticulous attention to detail, the Inn survives today as the tallest hotel in California north of Sacramento.

When the Oroville Inn was opened for business in 1930, the structure was the tallest and grandest ever built in the city and still holds that status today despite construction of numerous shopping centers and government buildings. When the old Oaks Hotel in Chico was demolished several years ago, the Oroville Inn became and still is the tallest hotel in continuous operation between Sacramento and the Oregon border. Architecturally, the building was designed as a tasteful blend of contemporary and Spanish Colonial Revival styles that continue to be popular today.

The fact that the hotel is still in use, while many other hotels of the period have been torn down or abandoned, attests to the excellent design, placement, and viability of this major local landmark, one which still dominates the skyline for miles around.

National Register of Historic Places # 90001431