The Fairhaven Hotel, on Harris Avenue and 12th street, was built by C.X. Larrabee in 1890 at a cost of $300,000. The hotel was of the finest quality and the materials that were used to construct it were the best that anyone could get.
During its 66 year lifetime, the hotel building served many different functions, such as: a family residence for the Larrabee family, a sanitarium, the headquarters for the Fairhaven Welfare Office, and was used by the Fairhaven Boys Club. The hotel was also reopened by a group of investors as The Victorian Hotel. However, the hotel floundered, and was shut down yet again.
The last owner of the building was a local florist named Arthur Johnson. He owned the building until 1956, and then, like all old buildings, it was torn down.