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3 unusual facts about El Tovar Hotel


Charles Frederick Whittlesey

Among many other stations and hotels for the railroad, he designed the El Tovar Hotel, the former Harvey House situated just 20 ft from the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA.

El Tovar Hotel

The design was carried out by the railroad's architect Charles Whittlesey, of Topeka, Kansas and was projected to cost $250,000 to build.

Gunnar Widforss

His paintings were sold in the art gallery in the lobby of the El Tovar Hotel.



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