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| 40-room Little Daisy hotel, Jerome, AZ |
Photo credit: John Lloyd
Source: www.conciergeauctions.com
JEROME, AZ -- The Little Daisy in Jerome, Arizona that
originally started out in 1919 as a small hotel for copper miners was
completely remade as a luxury mansion when the current owners purchased it in
1995, according to
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| James Stuart Douglas “Rawhide Jimmy" |
The history of Jerome and the 40-room Little Daisy Hotel is
steeped in Americana.
At the start of the
20th century, the town was the site of an abandoned copper mine that was shut
down due to lack of production.
By accident, while on a work trip between Mexico and Arizona
in 1912, assayer James Stuart “Rawhide Jimmy" Douglas happened to come across the
mine.
His assaying skills told him that the motherlode of copper
had not been identified by the mine owners, so he bought the land from them and
reopened the mine.
It wasn’t long before Douglas hit that motherlode, the
largest copper deposit in the United States, and put Jerome on the map.
By 1919, Douglas was a billionaire and in order to
accommodate all his miners, Douglas built the Little Daisy Hotel, named after
the mine, and was able to house most of the miners.
When the production of the mine dwindled after World War II, Douglas shut it down in 1953 and sold the hotel to William Earl Bell, the man who created the world’s first atomic clock.
When the production of the mine dwindled after World War II, Douglas shut it down in 1953 and sold the hotel to William Earl Bell, the man who created the world’s first atomic clock.
In 1995, the Bell family sold the mine to its current
owners, Walter and Lisa Acker, as a rundown shell of a building. The
Ackers spent nine years restoring and updating the property with respect for
its history while enhancing its architectural features and adding high-end
upgrades.
Sited on 3.45 acres high above the town with panoramic views
of the area’s hills and valleys, the new layout has an extensive master wing
and a guest wing with a total of eight bedrooms and seven baths.
Encompassing 12,000
square feet of climate-controlled living space, there are 2,900 square feet of
interior porches, a 9,000-square-foot rooftop garden and four garages/workshops
totalling another 2,600 square feet.
The entrance lobby
still retains its reception/check-in desk as a token of its illustrious past.
The main floor, with its tall arched floor-to-ceiling perimeter windows and
high ceilings houses the formal rooms that open to porches and terraces for
lounging or enjoying alfresco dining.
There are fireplaces throughout, a game room, home theater,
wine cellar, bar, large kitchen that opens to a private terrace, retro phone
booth and an office and craft/sewing room. Porches surround the structure for
commanding views from almost every room.
Even with the large size of the rooms, the architecture and quality of the restoration make each room’s atmosphere warm and inviting.
Even with the large size of the rooms, the architecture and quality of the restoration make each room’s atmosphere warm and inviting.
Located about 100 miles north of Phoenix, Jerome has become
a popular tourism destination with art galleries, history tours and a state
park.
The rare opportunity to own not just an exquisite desert
mansion with stunning views, but also the opportunity to run an elite boutique
hotel or spa - selling fully furnished.
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Genelle C. Brown
Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone: 434-480-4504
Twitter: @toptenrealestat
facebook.com/toptenrealestat
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