- Gadsden Hotel
Gadsden Hotel is a historic building in Douglas,
Arizona .The hotel opened in 1907. Named for the
Gadsden Purchase , the stately five-story, 160-room hotel became a home away from home for cattlemen, ranchers, miners, and businessmen. The hotel was leveled by fire and rebuilt in 1929. The Gadsden is recognized as aNational Historic Site . The Gadsden's spacious main lobby is majestically set with a solid white Italianmarble staircase and four soaring marble columns. An authenticTiffany & Co. stained glass mural extends forty-two feet across one wall of the massivemezzanine . An impressive oil painting by Audley Jean Nichols is just below the Tiffany window. Vaultedstained glass skylights run the full length of the lobby.References
External links
* [http://www.hotelgadsden.com/ Gadsden Hotel website]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/macandliz/tags/hotelgadsden/ Photo gallery]
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