Murphys Hotel

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title: "Murphys Hotel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["buildings-and-structures-in-calaveras-county,-california", "california-historical-landmarks", "history-of-calaveras-county,-california", "hotel-buildings-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places-in-california", "hotels-established-in-1856", "national-register-of-historic-places-in-calaveras-county,-california", "reportedly-haunted-hotels", "reportedly-haunted-locations-in-california"] description: "Hotel in California, United States" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphys_Hotel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hotel in California, United States ::

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Field	Value
hotel_name	Murphys Hotel
alternate_names	Sperry and Perry Hotel
Mitchler Hotel
Murphys Historical Hotel
image	MurphysHotel.jpg
caption	Murphys Hotel
location	457 Main St
Murphys, California
United States
pushpin_map	California
pushpin_label	Murphys Hotel
coordinates
opening_date	August 20, 1856
floors	2
embedded	{{Infobox NRHP
embed	yes
designated_other1	California
designated_other1_number	267
image	MitchlerHotel MurphysCA 1860s.jpg
added	November 23, 1971
refnum	71000134
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The Murphys Hotel in Murphys, California, is one of the oldest hotels still operating in the state of California. It was formerly known as Sperry and Perry Hotel, and the Mitchler Hotel.

The hotel is registered as California Historical Landmark (No. 267); and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-1971000134).

History

First called the Sperry and Perry Hotel, it was opened by James L. Sperry and John Perry on August 20, 1856.{{cite web |title=Mitchler Hotel Historical Marker |author=California State State Historical Resources Commission |url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/california/sights.cgi?marker=Mitchler+Hotel&num=267&cnty=Calaveras |accessdate= August 19, 2009

The new Sperry and Perry Hotel was considered one of the finest hotels outside of San Francisco, and was host to many famous people over the years. Copies of the original register show such signatures as Mark Twain, John Jacob Astor, Ulysses S. Grant, John Bidwell, Charles Bolles (alias Black Bart), Henry Ward Beecher, Horatio Alger, J.P. Morgan and Thomas Lipton.

Renamed the Mitchler Hotel in 1882, and the Murphys Hotel in 1945 by the McKimins family, it has since had several owners.

The Murphy name was derived the founders of the city of Murphys, California, Daniel Martin Murphy and John Marion Murphy, the sons of rancher Martin Murphy Sr. in the Santa Clara Valley.

Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell American reality television series covered the hotel in an episode of the series, broadcast on September 9, 2014, on the U.S. Fox television network. It also appeared in the public television series Road Trip with Huell Howser, episode on the Mother Lode.

This hotel is reportedly haunted.

References

References

1. Lea, Ralph. (October 1, 2004). "Pioneering brothers: Murphys struck gold and built town".
2. {{cite ohp. 267. Murphys Hotel. 2012-10-06
3. "Murphys Hotel".
4. (June 24, 1971). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Murphys Hotel"]({{NRHP url). [[National Park Service]]}} With {{NRHP url.
5. Ferrell, Jamie. (2025-10-14). "This Small CA Gold Rush Town Is Known As The ‘Queen Of The Sierra’ — Famous For A Haunted Hotel That Once Hosted Mark Twain".
6. (June 26, 2013). "Gordon Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Comes to Calaveras County". FOX40.

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