Last updated: May 14, 2024
Place
Exchange Hotel Site (La Fonda)
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Quick Facts
Location:
100 E San Francisco St., Santa Fe
Significance:
William and Mary Dodson Donoho, who crossed the Santa Fe Trail from Missouri, operated an inn here known as Los Estados Unidos
MANAGED BY:
William and Mary Dodson Donoho, who crossed the Santa Fe Trail from Missouri, operated an inn here known as Los Estados Unidos (spanish for United States) House in 1833-37. By 1847 it had become the Santa Fe House. By 1848 it was the U.S. Hotel, offering liquor and gaming. It became the Exchange Hotel in 1851. The one-story, flat-roofed, Territorial Style adobe hotel began losing clients after 1880, as more modern hotels arose. It was razed in 1919. The La Fonda inn opened in 1922. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway bought it in 1925 and leased it to Fred Harvey. In 1927 it underwent its first expansion, got its Pueblo Revival look, and was a Harvey House until 1968.
Site Information
Location (100 E San Francisco St., Santa Fe, New Mexico)
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