A historic and long-popular nearly century-old resort in Tucson is now on the market, with a prominent hospitality realtor signed upTu to sell the property.
Located at 2200 E. Elm Street in what is known as Midtown Tucson, the Arizona Inn was built in 1930 and has for decades been a popular tourist destination spot due to its tree-lined compound layout, dotted with a series of stucco pink two-story structures.
The hotel property was developed by Isabella Greenway, Arizona’s first woman member of the U.S. House from 1933 to 1937.
The main structure on the 14-acre site is designed in what was in the 1920s and 30s the popular Spanish Colonial Revival style, and includes a garden designed by landscape architect James Oliphant.
Both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were Arizona Inn guests, as was John Kennedy, Howard Hughes, and Salvador Dali.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Arizona Inn was recently described by author Roger Naylor in his book Arizona Off the Beaten Path as a particularly “good place to visit in the spring and fall just to stroll through the flower-bedecked inner courtyard.”
The Chicago-based JLL’s Hotel and Hospitality Group has now been signed on as listing agent for the property.
An asking price for the property has not been announced, but according to published reports the land itself at the site has been assessed for $5.6 million.
March 27, 2025
By Garry Boulard
Vintage postcard of Arizona Inn
