ECV1850 Plaque:
Hacienda Hotel

HACIENDA HOTEL
HERE IN 1848 WAS BUILT THE FIRST TWO STORY ADOBE HOTEL IN CALIFORNIA. ORIGINALLY A BOARDING HOUSE, THE BUILD- ING WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMALL HOTEL TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS AT THE MINING SETTLEMENT. DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1874, AND LATER REBUILT. AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE POPULAT- ION, THE BUILDING STOOD VACANT FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL IT WAS REMODELED IN 1934 TO SERVE AS A RESTAURANT. KARL M. & HELEN V. RESCH NAMED THEIR NEW RESTAURANT, "CAFE DEL RIO" AND CONTINUED IN BUSINESS UNTIL THEY SOLD IT IN 1968. DEDICATED DECEMBER 10, 1983 IN MEMORY OF KARL M. & HELEN V. RESCH BY THE MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS "RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"

HACIENDA HOTEL

HERE IN 1848 WAS BUILT THE FIRST TWO
STORY ADOBE HOTEL IN CALIFORNIA.
ORIGINALLY A BOARDING HOUSE, THE BUILD-
ING WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMALL HOTEL
TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS AT THE MINING
SETTLEMENT. DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1874,
AND LATER REBUILT.

AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE POPULAT-
ION, THE BUILDING STOOD VACANT FOR
MANY YEARS UNTIL IT WAS REMODELED IN
1934 TO SERVE AS A RESTAURANT.
KARL M. & HELEN V. RESCH NAMED THEIR
NEW RESTAURANT, "CAFE DEL RIO" AND
CONTINUED IN BUSINESS UNTIL THEY SOLD
IT IN 1968.

DEDICATED DECEMBER 10, 1983 IN MEMORY
OF KARL M. & HELEN V. RESCH BY THE
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850

E CLAMPUS VITUS

"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"

THIS PROPERTY
HACIENDA HOTEL
HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
DEDICATED DECEMBER 10, 1983 IN MEM-
ORY OF KARL M. & HELEN V. RESCH BY
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850

This building is now known as
The La Forêt Restaurant
21747 Bertram Road at Almaden Way
New Almaden.
Santa Clara County, CA.

GPS Hacienda Hotel
WGS84 Datum
N 37.17398°
W 121.82372°

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