Faunch Hotel

Faunch Hotel
General information
Location Buenos Aires
Opening 1817
Design and construction
Architect Joseph Thwaites.[1]

The Faunch Hotel was a prestigious English hotel, is considered one of the most famous in Buenos Aires during the first half of the 19th century.[2]

Story

The Faunch's was built by the British immigrants James Faunch, and his wife Mary Faunch. The building was two floors, and a capacity for eighty people.[3] The hotel was opened in 1817, located on La Plata street, (now Rivadavia) and Santo Cristo (now 25 de Mayo).[4]

James Faunch dies in 1827. His widow administered the hotel until 1833, year in which she decides to sell him to dining-room manager, John Quenby Beech, born in Ireland.[5] One of the more famous residents of the Faunch's was William Brown considered the father of the Argentine Navy.[6] Also were guests of the hotel Richard Adams a Scottish architect who designed the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of Buenos Aires.[7] Santiago Bevans and William Miller, an English military who had participated in the war of independence.[8]

Great musicians had conducted performances in the Faunch's including the French violinist Amadeo Gras.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Immigration as a Factor of Progress in Argentina, 1536-1853, Frederick August Forrest
  2. ↑ Artes, ciencias y letras en la América colonial: investigaciones ..., Volume 2, Roberto Casazza
  3. ↑ La trama del pasado (Biblioteca Cristina Bajo), Cristina Bajo
  4. ↑ La época de rosas, 1830-1851, Vicente Gesualdo
  5. ↑ El barrio de San Nicolás: breve historia del centro de Buenos Aires, Juan José Cresto
  6. ↑ Haciendo un mundo moderno: la arquitectura de Edward Taylor (1801-1868)
  7. ↑ Historias Curiosas de Templos de Buenos Aires, Marcos Gabriel Vanzini
  8. ↑ Memoirs of General Miller: in the service of the republic of Peru, Volume 2, John Miller
  9. ↑ El pintor Gras y la iconografía histórica sud americana, Mario César Gras

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