Historical Marker · No. 496
Swiss Hotel
Sonoma, Sonoma County · California
Erected by California State Park Commission
The bronze says the name came from the hotel trade. It came from a fire. Salvador Vallejo added this wing about 1850 and lost his Sonoma holdings at a sheriff's sale four years later. By 1892 it was the Ticino Hotel, serving the railroad trade. When the Swiss Hotel across the plaza burned in 1927, Mose Mastelotto, who owned this one, bought its sign and renamed his own. His family still runs it. After the 1989 earthquake the state ordered it retrofitted or torn down, and it reopened in 1992.
What the plaque says
Swiss Hotel Constructed about 1850 by Don Salvador Vallejo, this adobe adjoined his first Sonoma dwelling built in 1836. Occupied by various pioneers, it was the house in 1861 of Dr. Victor J. Faure, vintner of prize-winning wines made from the grapes of the Vallejo family vineyards. Later, it became known as the "Swiss Hotel", because of its use for hotel and restaurant purposes. Historical Landmark No. 496 California State Park Commission
Where it stands
38.29380, -122.45798 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Salvador Vallejo Adobe — steps away
- Presidio of Sonoma (Sonoma Barracks) — steps away
- Bear Flag Monument — steps away
- Blue Wing Inn — steps away