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The Jeffery Hotel is undoubtedly the most impressive structure in Coulterville today. You
can’t miss it. Built in 1851 as a saloon and fandango hall, the building originally had two
stories with adobe walls some thirty inches thick. Known then as the Mexican Hotel, it was
purchased by George Jeffery in 1852. The Jeffery family owned and operated the hotel for many
years, repairing it after each of the disastrous fires which swept through Coulterville. With
each rebuilding the hotel grew bigger and better, finally becoming the striking three-story hotel
standing today. Being located on the road to Yosemite, the Jeffery Hotel has had its share of
distinguished visitors; Theodore Roosevelt dropped by in 1902. Although Jeffery owned and
operated the hotel from 1852, he did not receive title to the property until 1878, when a county
judge issued property deeds and he was able to officially buy the land on which it stood. George
Jeffery is buried in the Public Cemetery, look for the tombstone spelled incorrectly, George
“Jeffrey.”
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