Ox Bow Inn
National Register of Historic Places

Ox Bow Inn

Payson, Gila County, Arizona
Listed
September 30, 2004
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04001073

About this property

The Ox Bow Inn and Saloon is an historic hotel in Payson, Arizona. The log inn was built as the Payson Hotel by William and Estlee Wade next to their restaurant, the Busy Bee. The rustic inn borrowed design elements from the Old Faithful Inn, with which Willie Wade was familiar from time spent in Yellowstone National Park. In 1945 the business was taken over and expanded by Jimmy Cox, who renamed the hotel the Ox Bow Inn. Media related to Ox Bow Inn and Saloon at Wikimedia Commons Oxbow Inn and Saloon Archived March 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

Location

607 W. Main St.
Payson, Gila County, Arizona
34.23099, -111.33688

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONCOMMERCESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ox Bow Inn listed on the National Register?

Ox Bow Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Ox Bow Inn?

Ox Bow Inn is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ox Bow Inn is recorded as the industrial era.

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