Croll Building
1400 Webster St., Alameda, California
Map
Coordinates:
+37.77152, -122.2768337°46'17" N, 122°16'37" W
Quadrangle map:Oakland West
Description
"This building is closely associated with sporting events significant to the history of the City of Alameda, the San Francisco Bay area and the State of California. Croll's is important in the early development of boxing during the Golden Age of Boxing in California, a period of great California champions such as Jim Corbett and James Jeffries. From the 1890s to about 1910, Croll housed many of the best boxers in America in his hotel." - California Historic Landmark No.954
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1982
- Reference number
- 82000960
- Architectural styles
- Victorian: Second Empire; Victorian: Italianate; Other architectural type; Mansard
- Areas of significance
- Entertainment/Recreation; Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Hotel; Restaurant
- Current functions
- Business; Restaurant
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899
- Significant years
- 1879; 1908
Update Log
- March 26, 2019: Updated by Richard Doody: Added historical info
- January 4, 2017: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger