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The Arizona Lumber and Timber Company Office – built in 1900 and is located on 1 Riordan Road. The Bank Hotel, originally called "The Arizona Central Bank and Hotel" – built in 1887 and located on Route 66 and Leroux Street. The Weatherford Hotel – built in 1887 by John W. Weatherford. The hotel is located at 23 N. Leroux Street.
Dr. Raymond was one of Flagstaff's earliest physicians; Moencopi sandstone around door [5] Loy Building Loy Building, 15 N Leroux St. 1897 Loy was an attorney [5] Citizen's Bank Building Citizen's Bank Building, 17 N Leroux St. 1903 Constructed of Moencopi sandstone [5] Flagstaff Telephone Exchange Flagstaff Telephone Exchange, 23 N Leroux St. 1909
For years, the Weatherford Hotel was the most prominent hotel in Flagstaff, entertaining guests such as artist Thomas Moran, publisher William Randolf Hearst, and writer Zane Grey. Grey's famous novel " The Call of the Canyon " was written in the recently renovated Zane Grey Ballroom on the third floor of the hotel.
As a smaller city, Flagstaff maintains a "central business district that exists at a more human scale and [relies] more on independent local and regional business entrepreneurs" in its downtown area. [8] DK writes that "it is a lively, easy-going place with a good selection of bars and restaurants among the maze of old red-brick buildings". [1]
3 miles (4.8 km) north of Flagstaff on U.S. Route 180: Flagstaff: Oldest home in Flagstaff, home of Thomas McMillan. Part of the Museum of Northern Arizona: 71: House at 310 South Beaver: House at 310 South Beaver: April 30, 1986
Near Page is the coal-fired, 750-MW Navajo Power Plant, supplied by an electric railroad that delivers coal from a mine on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in northern Arizona. [229] Flagstaff is also home to Arizona's first commercial solar power generating station, which was built in 1997 and provides 87 kW of electricity. Combined with 16 ...
Hotel Monte Vista was built in 1927 and is in the historic downtown district of Flagstaff. It has 73 rooms and suites on three floors. Many famous people have stayed at the hotel, including John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Anthony Hopkins, Esther Williams, and Barbara Stanwyck. [citation needed]
This park features the duplex home of Timothy and Michael Riordan, lumber baron brothers who married sisters, Caroline and Elizabeth Metz. The brothers were members of an important Arizona Territorial family who played a role in the development of Flagstaff and northern Arizona and were involved in lumber, railroads, cattle, banking, and politics.