Buena Vista Hotel (Safford, Arizona)

Buena Vista Hotel
Location 322 Main, Safford, Arizona
Coordinates 32°50′0″N 109°42′38″W / 32.83333°N 109.71056°W / 32.83333; -109.71056Coordinates: 32°50′0″N 109°42′38″W / 32.83333°N 109.71056°W / 32.83333; -109.71056
Built 1928
Built by McGinty Construction
Architect Jaastad, H.O.
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS Safford MRA
NRHP reference # 87002560[1]
Added to NRHP February 9, 1988

The historic Buena Vista Hotel in Safford, Arizona was built in 1928 at cost of $80,000.[2]:27 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Former site of hotel (2015 photo)

It is or was a two-story, 80 feet (24 m) by 100 feet (30 m) steel frame and stucco building[2]:11 designed by Henry O. Jaastad of Tucson and has been deemed to be the finest example of Mission Revival architecture in Safford.[2]:19 It has a corbeled brick parapet.[3] It is the only hotel in Safford surviving from its historic era.[2]:27

Part of the interior of the building was damaged by fire in 1979.[3]

The building no longer exists.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Linda Laird (July 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Safford Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Linda Laird & Assoc. (September 19, 1987). "Arizona State Historic Property Inventory: Buena Vista Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2016. (with photo)
  4. ↑ See "Buena Vista showcased musical talents", Eastern Arizona Courier, 2005-10-19, retrieved 2015-03-16; and Robinson, Stephany Mae, "Mt. Graham timber built Valley", Eastern Arizona Courier, 2011-10-19, retrieved 2015-03-16. See also 2015 photo of 300s block of Main.


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