El Tovar
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
An early view of the El Tovar Hotel.
Location:	Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Coordinates:	36°3′27.04″N 112°8′15″W / 36.0575111°N 112.1375°W / 36.0575111; -112.1375
Built/Founded:	1905
Architect:	Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway; Charles F. Whittlesey
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	September 6, 1974[1]
Designated NHL:	May 28, 1987 [2]
NRHP Reference#:	74000334

The El Tovar Hotel, also known simply as El Tovar, is a former Harvey House situated just 20ft from the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. The hotel was designed by Charles Whittlesey, Chief Architect for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway and opened in 1905 as one of a chain of hotels and restaurants owned and operated by the Fred Harvey Company in conjunction with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). It is at the northern terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, which was formerly a branch of the Santa Fe. The hotel is one of only a handful of Harvey House facilities that are still in operation, and is an example of National Park Service Rustic architecture. A heavily modified replica, the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, is modeled from this.

Contents 1 Accommodations 2 Famous Guests[3] 3 Historic Designations 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Accommodations

The El Tovar has 78 rooms and suites, all with cable television, telephone, full bath and air conditioning. Standard rooms have one double, one queen, or two queen beds. Deluxe rooms have either two queens or one king bed. Suites have a bedroom with either two queens or one king bed, and a sitting room, and some of the suites have a porch or balcony.^[3]

[edit] Famous Guests^[3]

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Albert Einstein
• Zane Grey

[edit] Historic Designations

• National Register of Historic Places #NPS–74000334
• National Register of Historic Places #NPS–74000336 — El Tovar Stables
• The El Tovar Hotel was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.^[2][4][5]

[edit] Gallery

This shot gives some perspective as to where the hotel is situated on the South Rim

Elk at the El Tovar main entrance

[edit] See also

• ATSF El Tovar
• ATSF Grand Canyon Limited
• Grand Canyon
• Bright Angel Trail
• Xanterra

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• "Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: El Tovar", by Laura Soullière Harrison, at National Park Service.
• Riordan Mansion designed by Charles Whittlesey

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