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Murphys Historic Hotel
The 1856 Sperry & Perry Hotel, whose stone walls and iron shutters protected it in the 1859 fire. Book a historic room; others are newer.
- Built
- 1856Opened summer 1856 as the Sperry & Perry Hotel; damaged by fire in 1859 and reopened in 1860 (NRHP significant year 1859).
- Style
- Stone Gold Rush commercial with iron shutters
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- Murphys Main Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
James Sperry and John Perry opened the Sperry & Perry Hotel in the summer of 1856. Its stone walls and iron shutters protected it when fire destroyed most of downtown Murphys in 1859, and it reopened in 1860. Renamed the Mitchler Hotel and then, in 1945, the Murphys Hotel, it was bought in 1963 by 35 investors from the ‘Murphys Ale and Quail Club’, who secured its National Register listing.
Good to know
- Address: 457 Main St, Murphys, CA 95247
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.