Kanab · Downtown Kanab, Center Street
Parry Lodge
The Parry brothers' 1931 Kanab lodge, a base for Hollywood film crews; ask for a room in one of its six historic motel buildings of 1930–52.
- Built
- 1931Opened as a roadside motel in summer 1931 around an 1892 house; historic motel buildings date 1930-1952, with non-historic wings of 1972 and 1978.
- Type
- Lodge
- Area
- Downtown Kanab, Center Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Brothers Chauncey, Gronway and Whit Parry, who ran tour buses to the southern Utah parks from 1917, converted an 1892 house into a motel and restaurant in 1930-31, and the lodge opened in summer 1931. It became the base for Hollywood crews filming in ‘Little Hollywood’: the lodge says more than 100 productions stayed, with guests including John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, Maureen O’Hara and Ronald Reagan. Motel buildings known as Movie I, Movie II, Movie III and the Cottages carry nameplates of the stars who stayed in each room.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Pets welcome
- Address: 89 East Center Street, Kanab, UT 84741
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.