La Posada de Santa Fe, formerly known as La Posada Inn, is a hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that dates back to a mansion built in 1882.
Staab mansion
In 1882, merchant Abraham Staab, honoring a promise he made to his wife Julia on their wedding day of one day building her the finest house money could buy, built a three-story French Second Empire-style mansion in the heart of Santa Fe. It was the first brick mansion in Santa Fe. The property was home for Staab, his wife and their seven children. Some accounts claim that the property is haunted by the spirit of Abraham's wife, Julia Schuster Staab, who according to legend became a total recluse after the death of her and Abraham's youngest child.[1][2] Julia died in 1896 and Abraham in 1913.[3]
Creation of La Posada Inn
In 1930, Robert H. Nason of Chicago purchased the Staab home and surrounding acreage.[4]