California Landmark 496
Swiss Hotel
18 West Spain Street
Sonoma
Built 1850
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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.