It is located next to the Ángela Peralta Theater and in front of Plazuela Machado, this being a place frequented by local artists and musicians.

The businessman Don Manuel Rubio acquired the place and formally established the hotel and its second floor was added in 1873.

[2] It is considered one of the hotels that boosted tourism in the city, because it offered its guests a pleasant view of the Plazuela Machado and proximity to the Rubio Theater.

For 10 years it served as a mechanical workshop and during this time it was where Miguel Ramírez Urquijo designed the iconic vehicles called 'pulmonias' that took to the streets on December 20, 1965.

It was a response from the municipal government to the need to attend to the artistic training of local young people.