La Fonda on the Plaza

La Fonda on the Plaza is a historic, long‑standing hotel sited directly adjacent to the Santa Fe Plaza at 100 E. San Francisco Street and Old Santa Fe Trail. Sources consistently describe it as the primary Plaza‑front hotel in Santa Fe and a celebrated example of Pueblo‑inspired hotel architecture. The property is a member of the Historic Hotels of America (since 1991) and continues to operate as a hotel and events venue, hosting conferences and public gatherings. The supplied sources emphasize the continuity of inn use on this corner of the Plaza and the building's role in Santa Fe's civic and tourist life; however, the excerpts do not provide a detailed construction timeline, ownership history, or specific named historical incidents. While travel narratives and local features reference longstanding hospitality at the site and anecdotal mentions of historical guests, these accounts are not presented as documentary history in the supplied material. No paranormal phenomena, named spirits, eyewitness testimony, or investigative theories are documented in the provided sources. Consequently, this entry does not record any reported hauntings or supernatural events; any folkloric or ghostly attributions are absent from the supplied material and would require additional specialized sources (local oral histories, newspaper accounts, or paranormal investigations) to document.