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La Fonda on the Plaza

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La Fonda on the Plaza houses many shops and galleries. In the 1930s, it was home to the Harvey Newsstand. Today, in addition to numerous boutiques, the hotel boasts La Fonda Newsstand and Senor Murphy Candymaker.
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of the region. The new hotel was hailed as "the purest Santa Fe type of architecture and ... one of the most truly distinctive hotels anywhere between Chicago and San Diego."
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The hotel's art and historical tours, led by trained docents, won the Top HAT Award for "outstanding attraction" in 2015. Two staff members also received service awards.
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redesigned the hotel's interior, setting a tone inspired by Spanish and Southwest Native American aesthetics that continues today. Her designs included exposed
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by locals, burned down in 1912. In 1920, the Santa Fe Builders Corporations issue shares of stock to raise funds to build a new hotel. Architect
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Journey to the High Southwest, 8th: A Traveler's Guide to Santa Fe and the Four Corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
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After its auspicious launch, the hotel closed temporarily in the 1920s, until it was purchased in 1925 by the
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to Santa Fe and was an essential commercial route prior to the 1880 introduction to the railroad. The
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The site of the current La Fonda has been the location of various inns since 1609. It is on the
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The Harvey Company promoted tourism in the Southwest and offered "Indian Detours," educational
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to the Pueblos, beginning in 1926. The hotel continued as a Harvey House until 1969.
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An earlier construction of the hotel, called the United States Hotel but nicknamed
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All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s
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is a historical luxury hotel, located at 100 E. San Francisco Street and
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Walks in Literary Santa Fe: A Guide to Landmarks, Legends, and Lore
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La Plazuela is a full-service restaurant serving inspired
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established La Fonda as one of its premier Harvey Houses.
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Lounge with fireplace designed by German-American artist
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People dining at the Bell Tower restaurant, La Fonda
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Pueblo Revival architecture in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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La Fonda

Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coordinates
35°41′12″N 105°56′16″W / 35.686650°N 105.937804°W / 35.686650; -105.937804
Isaac Hamilton Rapp
www.lafondasantafe.com
Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, New Mexico
the Plaza
Historic Hotels of America
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Spanish

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
Mexico City
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
Santa Fe Trail
Independence, Missouri
Fred Harvey Company
Isaac Hamilton Rapp
Pueblo Revival style
adobe
Pueblo peoples
Santa Fe Railway
Mary Colter
vigas
cultural tours

Arnold Rönnebeck

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