Building History

In 1865 and 1866, Christopher Fluhr managed the Lafayette Hotel, located opposite the Bella Union Hotel. “This establishment offers superior inducements to the traveling public, and especially to those wishing a quiet home. The location is desirable, the establishment large and commodious, with room—single and for families—clean and well furnished….” (See Lafayette hotel advertisement, Los Angeles Daily News, 04/17/1866, p. 3.) The hotel offered a billiard and bar room. Its advertisement indicated that it served two meals a day, breakfast between 8 am and 1 pm, and dinner between 3 pm and 8 pm.

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