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Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix
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Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix
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Hassayampa Inn, Prescott
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An increase in car travel also had
an impact on nearby Prescott, the onagain, off-again territorial capital of
Arizona (1864-1867 and 1877-1889);
its imposing central square and abundance of Victorian homes harken back
to the town's historic role. Spurred by
former Mayor Morris Goldwater to create accommodations fit for genteel
visitors, Prescott raised money to build
the Hassayampa Inn (visitarizona.
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Courthouse Square by selling shares in
the enterprise for $1 each. Opened on
November 20, 1927, as the Hassayampa
Motor Hotel, this automotive-oriented
lodging introduced the porte cochere
(covered entryway) to Arizona. Acceding to the stockholders' wishes to make
the building more appealing to visitors
from the Midwest, architect Henry Trost
changed the rounded Southwesternstyle exterior to the more conventional

Hassayampa Inn, Prescott
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red brick but retained the soaring bell tower. Inside, hand-painted
Pueblo-Deco ceiling beams, wrought iron chandeliers and terra
cotta tiles let you know you're in Arizona-as does the legend that
cowboy star Tom Mix rode his horse into the hotel.
The pine forests of the north were familiar to most visitors in
the 1920s, but Southern Arizona's Sonoran Desert terrain was
largely terra incognita. Luckily, Albert Chase McArthur embraced
the aesthetic of his mentor and teacher Frank Lloyd Wright when
he designed the Arizona Biltmore (visitarizona.com/business/
arizona-biltmore) in 1929, working to highlight the ruggedly beautiful landscape of Phoenix rather than fighting against it. He built
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