Exchange Hotel, also called Tebbett's Place was is a historical building in San Diego, California built in 1851. The Exchange Hotel site is a California Historical Landmark No. 491, listed on October 10, 1951. The Exchange Hotel was built by George P. Tebbetts and his partner Philip Hooff. Tebbetts became the third mayor of San Diego in 1852. Lieutenant George H. Derby stand at the Exchange Hotel when he arrived in San Diego to plan the Derby Dike in 1853. Soon after Exchange Hotel opened on June 29, 1851, a group of Free Masons had a meeting. This was the first Freemasonry meeting in San Diego. The group started a lodge which became San Diego Lodge No. 35, F. & A.M., the oldest lodge in Southern California.[1] Exchange Hotel became the Franklin House, when a third story was added to the Exchange Hotel by Messers Franklin. Joseph Mannasse owned the Franklin House for sometime. Racine & Laramie Tobacconist built both the Exchange Hotel and the Franklin House. The Franklin House was lost in an April 1872 fire, the site has been a vacant lot for sometime.[2][3]
| Exchange Hotel | |
|---|---|
 Franklin House (Exchange Hotel) in 1869 the tall three-story building | |
| Location | 2729 San Diego Avenue San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°45′13″N 117°11′47″W / 32.7537°N 117.1963°W |
| Built | 1851 |
| Architect | Racine & Laramie Tobacconist |
| Designated | October 10, 1951 |
| Reference no. | 491 |
  Location of Exchange Hotel in California  Exchange Hotel (San Diego, California) (the United States) | |
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- ^ "San Diego Lodge No. 35". sandiego35.org.
- ^ "The Exchange Hotel".
- ^ "Exchange Hotel #491". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.