The New Hotel Carquinez or simply Hotel Carquinez is a registered historic place in Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

. It is located in the Iron Triangle

Iron Triangle

-Geographical:* Iron Triangle , the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon* Iron Triangle , used during the Korean War to describe an area in Korea bounded by Ch'orwon, Kumhwa, and Pyonggang...

 at 410 Harbor Way. It is named after the Carquinez Strait

Carquinez Strait

The Carquinez Strait is a narrow tidal strait in northern California. It is part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers as they drain into the San Francisco Bay...

. The New Hotel Carquinez was the original name and it was later changed to Hotel Don. The building currently functions as senior housing center. The hotel was the center of decision making for the city of Richmond prior to the construction of the Richmond Civic Center.