Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mema1890, James Graham Fair akatenga ivhu apo Fairmont San Francisco zvino inomira, hotera yokutanga kutakura zita reFairmont. Chivako chacho chakanga chava kuda kupera chakatsungirira kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1906
. Kunyange zvazvo yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nomwoto wakazotevera, hotera yacho yakagadziridzwa ichitungamirirwa nomugadziri Julia Morgan uye pakupedzisira yakavhurwa muna 1907. Muna 1926, Penthouse Suite yakasikwa ine nzira nhatu dzakavanzika dzokuipinda nadzo.