Angels Hotel

{{Short description|Hotel in Angels Camp, California}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | designated_other1 = California | designated_other1_number = 734<ref name=CHL/> | designated_other1_num_position = both | name = Angels Hotel | image = 2009-0724-CA-AngelsHotel.jpg | caption = | location = Main St. at Birds Way, Angels Camp, California | coordinates = {{coord|38|4|7.1|N|120|32|21.4|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = California#USA |map_label =Angels Hotel | area = | built = 1856 | architect = C.C. Lake | architecture = | added = March 24, 1972 | refnum = 72000220<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> }}

The '''Angels Hotel''' in Angels Camp, California, was the hotel where the author Mark Twain heard a story that he would later turn into his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".<ref name="CHL" />

The hotel was originally a canvas tent erected by C. C. Lake in 1851, and replaced by a one-story wooden structure. It was rebuilt with stone in 1855, and a second story was added in 1857.<ref name="CHL" />

In front of the building is the "Frog Hop of Fame", where commemorative plaques are embedded in the sidewalk for the winners of the annual Jumping Frog Jubilee frog jumping contest.<ref name="CHL" />

The building, no longer operated as a hotel, is registered as California Historical Landmark #734.<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp |id=734 |name=Angels Hotel |accessdate=2012-09-05}}</ref> It was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.<ref name="nris"/> It is currently an apartment complex.

<gallery> Image:AngelsHotel AngelsCampCA.jpg|Angels Hotel, date unknown Image:Angels hotel 2009.JPG|The hotel in 2009 </gallery>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Angels Hotel}} *[https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm National Register of Historic Places] *[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22angels+hotel%22+source%3Alife 1944 Life Magazine Photos] *[http://www.frogtown.org/ Jumping Frog Jubilee] *[http://www.cityofangels.org/froghop.htm Frog Hop of Fame]

{{National Register of Historic Places}} {{California Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County, California}}

Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Category:Buildings and structures in Calaveras County, California Category:History of Calaveras County, California Category:Mark Twain Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1855 Category:California Historical Landmarks Category:Hotels established in 1851 Category:1851 establishments in California Category:Defunct hotels in California Category:National Register of Historic Places in Calaveras County, California