The Hayes Mansion is a hotel resort in San Jose, California, United States. It was constructed originally as a mansion and has been referred to as one of the best examples of late 19th-century Mediterranean Revival architecture in the Santa Clara Valley. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Originally the residence of the sprawling estate of the Hayes family, the mansion replaced the family’s wooden English Baroque style hous...
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The Hayes Mansion is a hotel resort in San Jose, California, United States. It was constructed originally as a mansion and has been referred to as one of the best examples of late 19th-century Mediterranean Revival architecture in the Santa Clara Valley. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Originally the residence of the sprawling estate of the Hayes family, the mansion replaced the family’s wooden English Baroque style house that burned to the ground in 1899. In 1903, architect George Page was commissioned to build, if not a fireproof structure, then one featuring the latest fire safety features of the day.
After the patriarch of the Hayes family, Anson Hayes, died, the family relocated from Wisconsin to California. Anson's widow, Mary, eventually remarried a San Jose attorney named Thomas Chynoweth. The new mansion was intended to provide a triple residence for Mary Chynoweth and the growing families of her two sons (Everis A. Hayes and Jay Orly Hayes),...
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