Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California)

Exchange Hotel, also called Tebbett's Place was is a historical building in San Diego, California built in 1851. The Exchange Hotel site is a California Historical Landmark No. 491, listed on October 10, 1951. The Exchange Hotel was built by George P. Tebbetts and his partner Philip Hooff. Tebbetts became the third mayor of San Diego in 1852. Lieutenant George H. Derby stand at the Exchange Hotel when he arrived in San Diego to plan the Derby Dike in 1853. Soon after Exchange Hotel opened on June 29, 1851, a group of Free Masons had a meeting. This was the first Freemasonry meeting in San Diego. The group started a lodge which became San Diego Lodge No. 35, F. & A.M., the oldest lodge in Southern California.[1] Exchange Hotel became the Franklin House, when a third story was added to the Exchange Hotel by Messers Franklin. Joseph Mannasse owned the Franklin House for sometime. Racine & Laramie Tobacconist built both the Exchange Hotel and the Franklin House. The Franklin House was lost in an April 1872 fire, the site has been a vacant lot for sometime.[2][3]

Exchange Hotel
Franklin House (Exchange Hotel) in 1869
the tall three-story building
Location2729 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, California
Coordinates32.7537°N 117.1963°W / 32.7537; -117.1963
Built1851
ArchitectRacine & Laramie Tobacconist
DesignatedOctober 10, 1951
Reference no.491
Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California) is located in California
Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California)
Location of Exchange Hotel in California
Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California) is located in the United States
Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California)
Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California) (the United States)

See also

References

  1. "San Diego Lodge No. 35". sandiego35.org.
  2. "The Exchange Hotel".
  3. "Exchange Hotel #491". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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