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In 1949, thirteen years before Rev. King's visit, the Santa Rita Hotel barred Larry Doby and his wife from staying there with the rest of the
Cleveland Indians during spring training. A few months earlier, Doby was one of the heroes of Cleveland's first World Series victory. Doby was the first Black
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The main entrance of the hotel fronted Scott Avenue with balconies overlooking an open courtyard 30 ft wide by 32 ft deep. The courtyard lead to a tiled roof rotunda 50 ft x 80 ft and 26 ft high and then to a lobby. There was an oak finished dining room, cafe and bandstand.
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made numerous public policy changes to support the success of the hotel venture. In August 1903 the Tucson city
Council passed a resolution to prohibit gambling near the hotel to assure the property would not be âblighted by gambling.â and in December 1903 issued a license to the Santa Rita to have
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reported before the opening: âThe new structure will not only be a credit to Tucson, but it will be one of the finest hotels in the entire west, and by all odds the finest and most modern equipped hotel in this territory The building of this magnificence, modern hotel means much for Tucson. Tousis
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The builder and contractor of the hotel was architect, stonemason and brick maker
Quintus Monier, builder of major projects in the southwest including the Cathedral of Santa Fe. The construction was supervised by J. V. McNiel and was developed through an agreement with the City of Tucson. The roof
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The finished hotel was six stories tall with a full basement and two wings with four stories in height featuring electric elevators and steam heat. On the sixth floor was a roof garden and dance hall. Each room included a private telephone connection and private bathroom. All of the furniture was
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a bar and install a roulette wheel. In
December 1903 and with construction almost finished the Mayor and Council approved an electric streetcar system with the first line to be operated running from the Santa Rita Hotel to the Street Railway Company Park a mile beyond the University of Arizona.
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February 1903. Arizona papers at the time reflected that: âThis will be welcome news to the people of Tucson. It shows that Arizona people have confidence in Arizona investments, and that Arizona capitalists are sufficiently enterprising and public-spirited to participate actively in local
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The opening of the Santa Rita on
February 1, 1904 was a monumental event. Two thousands people (25% of the City of Tucson population at the time) attended the opening. The local paper reported that âFashionably dressed women, accompanied by their husbands or friends availed themselves of the
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excellent opportunity of inspecting this imposing edifice and thronged the lobby, the rotunda and the corridors.â Levie
Manning was presented with a chest of silver in token of the appreciation of his efforts. The silver setting of 600 pieces was manufactured by the Gorbam Silver Company.
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The construction of the hotel project was a major moment in Tucsonâs early twentieth century history and represented both a major investment into the territory and the introduction of amenities and refinement that would attract
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The grand lobby included a marble staircase to the second floor menenie level. Eight storefronts fronted Scott and
Broadway. All of the ornamental architectural plaster relief work was designed and fabricated by artist and
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December 1903 the completed and furnished hotel was sold to L.J.F. Iaeger for $ 200,000 USD. Iaeger was the proprietor of the Montezuma Hotel in Nogales and was for a timer owner of the three
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The Santa Rita Hotel was an important social and cultural touchstone in Tucson. It played host to movie stars and industrialists. The hotel hosted important art exhibits and cultural events.
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In 1963, "The
Fugitive," Dr. Richard Kimble, stayed in the Santa Rita Hotel. It is featured 12:00 into the Pilot episode, "Fear in a Desert City," as David Jansen is exiting the building.
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The location of the Santa Rita Hotel was on the southeast corner of the insertion of Broadway Boulevard and Scott Avenue in Tucson Arizona. The area was part of the old
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The original 1904 hotel building was closed on April 30, 1972 and demolished as part of a plan to redevelop the property. The 1917 addition was demolished in 2009 by
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In November 1903, the property was leased to the hotel management firm Malin and Browder of Houston Texas, who managed the Bristol House in
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According to historian David Leighton, in 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. stayed at the Santa Rita Hotel on his visit to Tucson that year.
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and people of means will in the future be able to find accommodation and service of the highest order right here in our beautiful city.
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Arizona Daily Star, For a Greater Tucson, CIty Assured Electric Street Railway - Fast Taking on Metropolitan Airs, December 19, 1903
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enterprises.â The hotel and property was deed to the Santa Rita Company owned by partners and Tucson entrepreneurs
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and given to developer R. H. Raphael, of Los Angeles, âin consideration of his building a $ 75.000 hotel thereon.â
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was completed by John Burke of the Los Angeles Roofing Company, the plumbing completed by Julian Brothers.
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