[6] At the time of the fire, the hotel also counted a barber and a shoe shine among its tenants.

[8] Arizona Territorial Governor Richard Elihu Sloan and his family were residing in the hotel at the time and were left homeless by the fire; the governor's daughter was saved by the night bell clerk Henry Willey, who was also the first person to spot the smoke coming from the basement.

[9] Willey and a porter were able to warn all of the guests of the hotel and a proper evacuation ensued.

[13] After a brief work stoppage relating to the potential for prohibition in Phoenix, the building opened in stages with guests arriving on November 6, 1911, just in time for the territorial fair.

[16][17] Air conditioning was added in 1929 and the system was expanded in the 1930s, one of the first hotels in the world with the feature.

[19] The hotel was sold in February 1972 for $2.3 million to Dallas company Continental Firms.

[24] The new hotel initially struggled and Vita Corporation, the owners, filed for bankruptcy in 1976.

In 1981, the hotel was first bought out of bankruptcy by a Prudential Insurance company subsidiary and subsequently became a member of the Hilton brand.