“Late Afternoon – Gibbous Moon” (2007 Survey)
(716/1) 901–915 Geary Street; Hotel Gartland, Hotel Hartland. Stores and mid-priced hotel with 150 rooms and 129 baths 6B stories; steel frame structure with reinforced brick walls; polychrome brick with marble inlay, rusticated base, four-story galvanized iron bay windows and cornice; three-part vertical composition; Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation; storefronts: three southern most storefronts on Larkin intact with tile vestibule paving, angled display windows, tile bulkheads, transoms; signs: corner blade sign: “Hotel Hartland” with neon removed above neon blade sign: “Woerner’s Cigars Liquors,” and blade sign: “Gangway” above ship’s prow at 841 Larkin; alterations:storefronts along part of Larkin and hotel entry, vestibule and lobby.. Original owner: Patrick J. Gartland, street paving contractor. Architects: Rousseau and Rousseau. 1913.
(716/lA) 925 Geary Street; Geary Arms Apartments. Apartment building with forty two- and three-room units. 5B stories; brick structure; four-story galvanized iron bay windows, beltcourses; three-part vertical composition; Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation; vestibule: marble steps and walls, cornice molding, hanging iron and glass lamp; signs: plaque next to entry: “925 Geary Apts.”; alterations: security gate, front door. Original owner: Patrick J. Gartland. Architects: Rousseau and Rousseau. 1913.
At once both elegant and imposing, and abundant with ornamental detail, the Hartland Hotel and Geary Arms Apartments are standouts among the neighborhood’s residential buildings. Both were originally owned by a street paving contractor named Patrick J. Gartland, and were both designed by the prolific Rousseau and Rousseau, an architectural firm that enriched the district with seventeen buildings.
“Hartland” (2004)
For reasons that are to me a mystery, the Hartland’s blade sign was completely ignored when the hotel was renovated. Woerner’s has been a Tenderloin landmark for more than sixty years.
Hi, Do you know the history of the owners? Was there ever a Mamie (sp) Auderson (sp) around 1942?
I don’t have that information at hand. Sorry I can’t help you.
I saw a sign on the hartland that indicated it is on the natl register of historical places, but cannot find anything online about it. Not a word! Any idea what this is about? I can send the photo but it has some nudity in it (butt crack). I’m happy to fwd it to you if you like though.
Interesting article, thank you
The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District (National Register listing 08001407, February 2009) includes the Hartland Hotel. Over 400 buildings are listed, some of which have paid for plaques, including the Hartland. Also, see my posts https://upfromthedeep.com/2008/08/18/its-official/ and https://upfromthedeep.com/2009/02/16/a-dream-realized/.
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I am finding conflicting information on the Hotel Gartland. One source lists its location as 16th and Valencia. Was there another Gartland? And what about the Gartland fire of 1975? Can you shed light on any of this? Many thanks.
Two different hotels, Ann. The Gartland at 16th and Valencia burned in ’75 with the loss of several lives. It was believed to have been a case of arson, though never conclusively proven. The Gartland at Geary and Larkin was renamed the Hartland a long time ago (refer to architectural details in my post).
Many thanks for the clarification!