Suhwaro hotel

Opened in 1916, this two‐story brick structure (currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places) served as a tourist hotel and later provided staff housing for the adjacent San Marcos Resort. The rich history of the Suhwaro Hotel includes Chandler’s first bowling alley, as well as the first library. The building’s Missions Revival style of architecture is reminiscent of the distinct walls of the Alamo.

Desert Viking purchased the vacant and deteriorated Suhwaro Hotel as well as the adjacent Chandler Post Office II Building in early 1998. Rehabilitating the Historic Suhwaro Hotel entailed constructing a steel frame to support the original walls while adding a new roof and floors, as well as restoring all of the building’s elevations. The building is included as a contributing structure of Chandler’s Commercial Historic District and Desert Viking received the Arizona Heritage Preservation Honor Award for their efforts on this restoration project.2