National Register #90001361
Italian Hotel
105 Main Street
Point Arena
Built c1900

This building was a brothel in Point Arena's small red-light district until the town was incorporated in 1908 and the brothel was shut down. The rear part of the building was torn down and the remaining part became a residence. Some of the buildings of the red-light area lasted until after World War II, but only this one remains today.

Just north of the Italian Hotel was the Chinese settlement of houses and businesses.

The Point Arena calaboose was nearby.

Source: NRHP nomination submitted in 1990.