Originally constructed in 1912, Capitol Park Hotel has served many purposes since its construction, including a women’s college, furniture store, and hotel. Before its closure, it provided temporary housing for the homeless from 2019 to 2020 in response to Sacramento’s worsening homeless crisis. Now named St. Clare at Capitol Park, this eight-story, historic hotel reopened in early 2024 as permanent housing for the homeless. It houses 134 studio apartments, 64 of which are reserved for residents with serious mental illnesses. Sacramento County provides mental health services to residents.

Miyamoto’s seismic retrofit design introduced concrete shear walls on the upper floors in discrete locations behind the historic exterior brick-bearing walls to avoid obstructing the historic windows. The design also incorporated concrete moment frame columns and beams in the edges of ground-floor retail and second-floor assembly spaces to provide adequate strength and stiffness while mitigating any impact on space usage and obstruction of the exterior storefront glazing.

AWARDS

2024 Acquisition and Rehab Development of the Year, Awarded by SHA
2024 Project of the Year Finalist, Awarded by ENR California
2024 Regional Best Renovation/Restoration, Awarded by ENR California
2024 Residential Design Award Citation, Awarded by AIA California
2025 Design Award for Rehabilitation, Awarded by the California Preservation Foundation