Tucson ยท Blenman-Elm
Arizona Inn
Isabella Greenway's 1930 inn, founded partly to create demand for her workshop of disabled WWI veterans; 90 casita-style rooms, still locally run.
- Built
- 1930Built 1930-31: the hotel building and four casitas in 1930, five villas in 1931 (Wikipedia, from the NRHP description); Greenway's own house on the site dates from 1928.
- Style
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- Architect
- Merritt Starkweather (landscape: James Oliphant)
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 90
- Area
- Blenman-Elm
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Isabella Greenway, later Arizona’s first congresswoman, founded the Arizona Inn in 1930 partly to create demand for her Arizona Hut workshop, which employed disabled World War I veterans. Tucson architect Merritt Starkweather designed the pink stucco complex of casitas and villas set in gardens. The Rockefellers, Roosevelts and Kennedys stayed there. It was listed on the National Register in 1988 and remains locally run.
Good to know
- Address: 2200 E. Elm St., Tucson, AZ 85719
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.