page_title: Santa Rita Hotel
section_title: Opening
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Rita Hotel / Opening
caption_attribution_description: English: Santa Rita Hotel, Tucson, Arizona
context_page_description: Santa Rita Hotel was a historic building located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was designed by architect Henry Trost in the Mission Revival Style and built in 1903 by Quintus Monier. The hotel was considered the finest hotel in the Arizona Territory at the time of its opening.
  The construction of the hotel project was a major moment in Tucson’s early twentieth century history and represented both a major investment into the territory and the introduction of amenities and refinement that would attract Americans from the east. The hotel was completed at a cost of $175,000 USD and featured 101 guest rooms.
context_section_description: 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 “Fashionably dressed women, accompanied by their husbands or friends availed themselves of the excellent opportunity of inspecting this imposing edifice and thronged the lobby, the rotunda and the corridors.”  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.  
  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 purchased through the Tucson firm of L. Zeckendorf & Company.
  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.
  In 1917, Iaeger, hired Los Angeles based architectural firm William and Alexander Curlett, to design a 160-room wing for the hotel. The wing was constructed from cast concrete and designed in the Spanish Revival style.
caption: Santa Rita Hotel, Tucson, Arizona
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