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The Arizona Inn, 2200 East Elm Street, Tucson, Pima County, AZ
- Title: The Arizona Inn, 2200 East Elm Street, Tucson, Pima County, AZ
- Creator(s): Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
- Related Names:
King, Isabella Selmes Ferguson Greenway
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Eleanor
U.S. House of Representatives
Greenway, John Campbell
Ferguson, Ronald Munro
King, Harry O.
The Arizona Hut
Hut Furniture
Starkweather, Merritt H.
Powell & Powell
Oliphant, James
Abram, Miles
Serda, A.
Olmstead, A.
Reidy, J. J.
Monthan, Guy
Gladding McBean Company
Har-Tru Corporation
Paddock Engineering Company
Stevens, Chris , transmitter - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 2000
- Medium: Data Page(s): 21
- Reproduction Number: ---
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
- Call Number: HALS AZ-9
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- 2nd Place Winner - 2013 HALS Challenge: Documenting the Cultural Landscapes of Women
- Significance: Isabella Selmes Ferguson Greenway King (b.1886–d.1953), the founder and proprietor of the Arizona Inn, was heralded by the New York Times as “the most-talked-of woman at the National Democratic Convention” of 1932 because of her role in seconding the nomination of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for president. In 1932, it was unprecedented for a woman to have such an important and prominent public role in politics. Close personal friends with the Roosevelt family and bridesmaid at the wedding of Franklin and Eleanor in 1905, Isabella Greenway was an important figure both in Arizona and national politics. Mrs. Greenway was instrumental in re-thinking the national Democratic Party’s state organization by eliminating separate men’s and women’s groups in Arizona. She was the first woman elected to represent Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1933 to fill a vacated seat and served as the state’s only representative that term. She was re-elected in 1934 and served a second term in Congress. An entrepreneur and businesswoman, Mrs. Greenway launched an airline, established a cattle ranch, and built a gracious inn. Mrs. Greenway was also a social activist who created an establishment for occupational rehabilitation for World War I disabled veterans, worked for veterans’ and unemployment benefits, and served on the boards of many charitable organizations including the American Women’s Volunteer Services which trained women to support the war efforts in World War II. The Arizona Inn and its landscape represent Isabella Greenway’s enduring legacy and provide one of the oldest, continuous examples of the western hospitality and tourism industries in Arizona. Mrs. Greenway transformed her desert ranchland into a “simple home-like, cottage hotel, complete in luxuries and convenience of service, and built with a desire to give its guests privacy, quiet, and sunshine” Outdoor spaces and inviting landscapes were particularly important in Arizona’s climate as guests sought to escape from the cold and dreary weather in other parts of the country to relax in a sunny, arid, and lushly landscaped environment where outdoor relaxation and modern recreational opportunities were abundant. The Arizona Inn is one of several resorts that were opened in the Southwest in the 1920s and early 1930s to cater to a wealthy clientele. Built during the same time period and still in existence are the Arizona Biltmore (Phoenix, 1929), La Posada (Winslow, 1930), and the Hassayampa Hotel (Prescott, 1927).
- Survey number: HALS AZ-9
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1937 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1940- ca. 1949 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1970- ca. 1979 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: ca. 2006 Subsequent Work
- National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000240
- Subjects:
- Place:
- Latitude/Longitude: 32.242639, -110.939514
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Landscapes Survey (Library of Congress)
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- Call Number: HALS AZ-9
- Medium: Data Page(s): 21
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