Gadsden Hotel in Douglas

We had one more stop in Douglas and that was the absolutely gorgeous Gadsden Hotel.  

 

The Gadsden opened in 1907 and became a home away from home for cattlemen, ranchers, miners and businessmen. In 1928 the hotel was burned down leaving only the elevator in tact with no where to go. 

 

The hotel was rebuilt in 1929 with a solid white Italian marble staircase and four pink marble columns with 24K gold leafing.

The stained glass window at the top of the staircase is 42 feet long and 6 feet tall and depicts the Southwest Desert.

 

There is a vaulted stained glass skylight that runs the full  length of the lobby. 

The hotel has been seen in several movies like The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean and Terminal Velocity. The hotel has had several visitors like John Wayne, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pancho Villa (it is rumored that he rode his horse up on the marble staircase), Paul Newman, Tom Selleck, and Peter Fonda.

 

The hotel fell into disrepair and luckily got new owners in 2016 who have been working to restore the hotel completely. There are several rooms that you can stay in on the second level. It also has a restaurant right next door. Definitely worth a stop to relive some of those good old days.