"The Famous Esclante Hotel"
The hotel opened March 1, 1907 and was built of steel and concrete in the Mission
Style of Spanish architecture. The hotel covered the space 420’ X 200’.
Cost was approximately $115,000.
On the ground floor of the structure was the lunch room fitted with a circular
counter, a large curio shop, newsstand/reading room, and a barber shop. There
was also a beautiful crystal chandelier lighted dining room which was somewhat
centered within the hotel. The east side of the hotel hosted beautiful gardens.
Ash Fork was an important railroad junction at that time. Passengers and freight
bound for central and southern Arizona boarded the trains at the famed Hotel
Esclante. Alas, the beautiful hotel was demolished in the ‘70’s. The effort to
prevent such a loss failed but will never be forgotten.
Ash Fork Historical Society
Formed 1997