# Angels Hotel

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{{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](/source/Angels_Camp%2C_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](/source/Angels_Camp%2C_California), was the hotel where the author [Mark Twain](/source/Mark_Twain) heard a story that he would later turn into his short story "[The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County](/source/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County)".<ref name="CHL" />

The hotel was originally a [canvas](/source/canvas) [tent](/source/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 plaque](/source/commemorative_plaque)s are embedded in the [sidewalk](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==See also==
* [National Register of Historic Places listings in Calaveras County, California](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Calaveras_County%2C_California)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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

{{CalaverasCountyCA-NRHP-stub}}

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