1/16/2025
1/16/2025
1/16/2025
1/16/2025
1/16/2025
Landmark information
- Location:
457 Main at Algiers St, Murphys - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
12/22/2022 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/16/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 8.261, W 12 27.893 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Murphys Hotel
James L. Sperry and John Perry opened the Sperry and Perry Hotel August 20, 1856. In 1881 Henry Atwood and then Harvey Blood owned it. In 1882, the Mitchler family renamed it the Mitchler Hotel. In 1945, the McKimins' changed its name to Murphys Hotel. In 1963, a College of the Pacific group purchased it. One of the oldest operating hotels in California.