Prescott's 1927 National Register hotel where 'Faith,' a honeymooning bride who never saw her husband return, reportedly still wanders the halls
122 E Gurley St, Prescott, AZ 86301
Research updated June 2026
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All Ages
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$$$
Hotel rooms from approximately $150/night; rates vary by season. Restaurant and bar on site.
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Wheelchair OK
Historic hotel with elevator; downtown Prescott location on Gurley Street
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Est. 1927 · National Register of Historic Places (1979) · Historic Hotels of America Member · Trost & Trost Architecture · Continuously Operated Since 1927
The Hassayampa Inn opened in 1927 on East Gurley Street in downtown Prescott, funded by local businessmen who wanted a first-class hotel to serve Arizona's growing tourist trade and commercial traffic. Trost & Trost, the El Paso firm responsible for numerous landmark buildings across the Southwest, designed it in a hybrid Mission/Spanish Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival style. The lobby's original painted ceiling and decorative ironwork remain intact.
The inn has 67 guest rooms and operates an on-site restaurant and bar. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979, and is a long-standing member of Historic Hotels of America, an affiliate program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is one of only a handful of continuously operated historic hotels in Arizona.
The building's most cited historical episode is the story that became the 'Faith' legend, said to date to the inn's first year of operation in 1927. A couple checked in to one of the upper-floor suites on their honeymoon; the husband left and did not return. After waiting several days, the bride died in the suite. The hotel does not publicize specific details of the manner of death out of dignity for the legend's subject. No documentary record corroborating the specific story has been publicly produced, but the hotel acknowledges the tradition as part of its authentic history, and it has been independently documented by paranormal researchers including the Paranormal Traveler project.
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The Hassayampa Inn's resident ghost is called Faith — a name assigned by the hotel's staff to the woman whose legend is attached to Suite 426 on the fourth floor. The story, as the hotel tells it and as independent paranormal researchers have documented, is this: in 1927, a couple arrived for their honeymoon, the husband left to run an errand, and did not come back. After waiting three days, the woman died in the suite. The hotel does not specify the cause of death in its public materials.
Reports of Faith are not confined to the fourth floor. Guests describe the sound of crying at the end of their beds in rooms throughout the building; others report waking to find a woman in a pink gown standing in the hallway, who disappears when approached or observed directly. Objects — small personal items, toiletries, books — are found moved or missing and later recovered in unexpected locations.
The kitchen staff have a specific tradition regarding Faith: they avoid discussing her while working the stove. Multiple accounts describe the gas burners switching off and coffee being knocked over when the conversation turns to research about her legend. Staff treat this as established building behavior rather than an isolated occurrence.
A young male figure, described as Asian in appearance, has been reported separately in the laundry area, sometimes approaching workers and pulling at their clothing. He is considered a distinct presence from Faith. The Ghost Hunters television program investigated the Hassayampa Inn in a documented episode; the paranormal travel writer community has extensively catalogued guest accounts.
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The Hassayampa Inn is an active hotel. Guests seeking paranormal experience typically request Suite 426 or rooms on the fourth floor, where the story of 'Faith' is centered. The hotel's bar and restaurant are open to non-guests; staff are knowledgeable about the history.
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