Sonoma (Boyes Hot Springs) ยท Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma Valley
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn
A 1927 replica California mission on the Boyes hot springs, on HHA's most-haunted list every year from 2021 to 2026. Ask for the original inn.
- Built
- 1927Captain H.E. Boyes opened the Boyes Hot Springs Hotel around 1900; it was destroyed in 1923 and the present Mission Revival inn opened in 1927.
- Style
- Mission Revival
- Architect
- Joseph L. Stewart
- Type
- Resort
- Area
- Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma Valley
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Native communities gathered at the area’s hot springs long before Captain Henry E. Boyes found 112-degree water while drilling a well in 1895 and opened the Boyes Hot Springs Hotel. After the resort was destroyed in 1923, the Sonoma Properties Company’s Fred Partridge and Rudolph Lichtenberg invested about $600,000 and hired architect Joseph L. Stewart to build a replica California mission, which opened in 1927. It now operates as a Fairmont resort with a spa.
The ghost story
Tenured employees report a woman in period dress named Victoria, said to have celebrated her wedding and anniversaries here, walking the halls on foggy nights; a room in the original inn building is said to be haunted by an elderly man, and the Round Room is called one of the most haunted. HHA has listed the inn as Most Haunted every year from 2021 to 2026.
Source: www.historichotels.org
Good to know
- Address: 100 Boyes Blvd, Sonoma, CA 95476
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.