Flagstaff ยท Historic downtown
The Weatherford Hotel
John W. Weatherford's brick hotel, opened on New Year's Day 1900, where Zane Grey wrote The Call of the Canyon; 17 restored guest rooms.
- Built
- 1899John W. Weatherford's store-and-residence building went up in 1898; he began the three-story brick hotel addition in March 1899 and opened it January 1, 1900 (Wikipedia; hotel). The hotel's homepage says 'serving guests since 1897'.
- Style
- Victorian commercial (brick and stone)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 17
- Area
- Historic downtown
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
John W. Weatherford built one of Flagstaff’s first fire-resistant brick buildings after the town’s 1897 fires, then added a third floor and reopened it as the Weatherford Hotel on New Year’s Day 1900. Thomas Moran, William Randolph Hearst and Zane Grey stayed; Grey wrote The Call of the Canyon in a room now part of the Zane Grey Ballroom. The family lost the hotel in 1933. Henry and Lloyd Taylor bought it in 1975 to save it, rebuilt the wraparound balconies in 1998 and finished restoring 17 guest rooms in 2016.
Good to know
- Address: 23 N. Leroux St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.