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CHL No. 491 Exchange Hotel - San Diego

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NO. 491 THE EXCHANGE HOTEL - This tablet marks the site of the Exchange Hotel. Here, on June 29,1851, Masons met for the first time in San Diego and organized the lodge which became San Diego Lodge No. 35, F. & A.M., the oldest lodge of Masons in Southern California.

Location

2729 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, CA 92110
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Notes

The Exchange Hotel (and the Franklin Hotel) abutted the Racine & Laramie Tobacconist. The site is now a vacant lot.

NO. 491 THE EXCHANGE HOTEL Site