The Hotel Vendome is a historic hotel located in Prescott, Arizona . Built in 1917, it was added to the list of National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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80-603: A "Monument to the Stars" was erected on Beverly Drive (where it intersects Olympic Boulevard and becomes Beverwil) in Beverly Hills . The memorial consists of a bronze-green spiral of sprocketed "camera film" above a multi-sided tower, embossed with full-length likenesses of early stars who appeared in famous silent movies. Those memorialized include Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford , Will Rogers , Conrad Nagel , Rudolph Valentino , Fred Niblo , Harold Lloyd , and Mix. There
120-614: A bartender and other odd jobs. He was briefly night marshal of Dewey , in 1911. He worked at the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch , one of the largest ranching businesses in the United States, covering 101,000 acres (41,000 ha), hence its name. The ranch had its own touring Wild West show in which Mix appeared. He stood out as a skilled horseman and expert shot, winning national riding and roping contests at Prescott, Arizona , in 1909, and Canon City, Colorado , in 1910. Mix
160-442: A bull-riding contest. The Bar Circle A Ranch has been developed into a planned community called Yavapai Hills, where there is a street named Bar Circle A Road. Mix's salary at Fox reached $ 7,500 a week. Gossip columnist Louella Parsons wrote that he had his initials in electric lights on the top of his house. His performances were realistic with action stunts, horseback riding, attention-grabbing cowboy costumes, and showmanship. At
200-419: A front veranda, and there is an original sign over the front porch which is painted on wood, and has a neon overlay for nighttime display. The interior has all the original Douglas fir wainscoting, as well as the original 5 panel fir wood doors, all with working transoms. There is a Douglas fir staircase in the main lobby leading to the second floor. There are fourteen rooms on the first floor and sixteen rooms on
240-554: A health resort for people with respiratory conditions. The city had several hotels, including the Hotel Prescott, Hotel St. Michael (the largest hotel at that time), Congress Hotel, and the Head Hotel. However, the growing city had a housing shortage, particularly for visitors. That year a cowboy and rancher named J.B. (Jack) Jones brought property from Williams, including the house on lot 11 and vacant lot 9. In response to
280-527: A hotel since 1858 Hotel Vendome (novel) , a 2011 novel by Danielle Steel Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hotel Vendome . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hotel_Vendome&oldid=1250568241 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
320-604: A lumber businessman. In April 1898, during the Spanish–American War , Mix enlisted in the Army under the name Thomas E. (Edwin) Mix. His unit never went overseas, and Mix later failed to return for duty after an extended furlough when he married Grace I. Allin on July 18, 1902. Mix was listed as AWOL on November 4, 1902, but was never court-martialed . His marriage to Allin was annulled after one year. In 1905, Mix married Kitty Jewel Perinne, and this marriage also ended within
360-559: A simulated desert, a large corral, and (to facilitate interior shots) a ranch house with no roof. Mix threatened to move to Argentina to make films or to join the circus, but eventually he signed with FBO , which he then left for Universal after salary disputes with FBO studio head Joseph P. Kennedy . He called Kennedy a "tight-assed, money-crazy son of a bitch". Mix became friends with Wyatt Earp , who lived in Los Angeles and occasionally visited Hollywood western movie sets. He
400-477: A veranda on the second floor, and a front porch replete with rocking chairs. The first floor also offers a small bar, BarVendome, which serves champagne, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drinks. During certain seasons it also features sangria and mulled cider. In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked the property one of the eight best hotels in Prescott. The structure is architecturally significant since it
440-665: A year. He next married Olive Stokes on January 10, 1909, in Medora, North Dakota . On July 13, 1912, Olive gave birth to their daughter Ruth . In 1905, Mix rode in President Theodore Roosevelt 's inaugural parade with a group of 50 horsemen led by Seth Bullock , which included several former Rough Riders . Years later, Hollywood publicists muddled this event to imply that Mix had been a Rough Rider himself. Mix went to Oklahoma and lived in Guthrie , working as
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#1732783718610480-514: Is also a Tom Mix museum in Dewey, Oklahoma . Additionally, from 1986 to 2002 there existed another museum in his birthplace of Mix Run, Pennsylvania . Between 1980 and 2004, 21 Tom Mix festivals were held during the month of September, most of them in DuBois, Pennsylvania . Tom Mix was often portrayed in comic books , primarily during the heyday of Western-themed comics , the 1940s and 1950s. He
520-428: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hotel Vendome (Prescott, Arizona) The site of the hotel was located on lot 9, block 20 of the original Prescott Townsite. The first record of the property still in existence was the issuance of a deed for the lot to Dr. Thaddeus P. Seeley in 1872, who had been the post surgeon at nearby Fort Whipple . Seeley sold
560-525: Is the only unaltered two story structure in Prescott built during the early 20th century for the purpose of visiting tourists. There is the tale that the hotel is haunted by a former resident and her cat. Abby Byr and her husband moved to Arizona for health reasons, due to her tuberculosis. They bought the hotel, but financial reversals caused them to lose the hotel, but the new owners allowed them to stay on as guests. In early 1921, Abby's husband left to run an errand, and never returned. Abby locked herself and
600-511: The University of Southern California , Mix helped him find work moving props in the back lot of Fox Studios. That was the beginning of Wayne's Hollywood career. Mix made 291 movies throughout his career. As of 2007, only about 10% of these were known to be available for viewing, though it is unclear how many are now considered lost films . The 1937 Fox vault fire lost most of the archive of his films made with Fox. For his contribution to
640-553: The 1980s, which allowed the property to keep many of its original features, while giving its amenities an upgrade. In 1924 Jones exchanged the hotel for 156 acres of ranchland north of Prescott with Henry Brinkmeyer, who also owned the Brinkmeyer Hotel on Montezuma Street. Brinkmeyer sold the hotel to Egbert K. and Florence Dutcher in May 1927, who would own the hotel until June, 1946, when they sold it to Dixon Fagerberg. It
680-544: The Arizona Supreme Court. Ross sold the property in 1906 to John S. Hagler, who in turn sold the property in 1910 to Woodville H. Williams for $ 2000. Sometime between 1901 and the sale in 1910, the large house built by Hutchinson was demolished, and a smaller house was constructed on lot 11, with lot 9 remaining vacant. In 1917 Prescott had become the center for many industries in the state, including mining, ranching, farming, tourism, as well as being known as
720-509: The Edendale lot, Mix built a 12-acre (4.9 ha) shooting set called Mixville. Loaded with western props and furnishings, it has been described as a "complete frontier town, with a dusty street, hitching rails, a saloon, jail, bank, doctor's office, surveyor's office, and the simple frame houses typical of the early Western era". Near the back of the lot an Indian village of lodges was ringed by miniature plaster mountains. The set also included
760-510: The Edendale studio. They married in 1918 and had a daughter, Thomasina (Tommie) Mix, in February 1922. Mix made more than 160 cowboy films throughout the 1920s. These featured action-oriented scripts contrasted with the documentary style of his work with Selig. Heroes and villains were sharply defined and a clean-cut cowboy always saved the day. Millions of American children grew up watching his films on Saturday afternoons. His horse, " Tony
800-711: The Gods park in Chatsworth. Also in 1935, Texas governor James V. Allred named Mix an honorary Texas Ranger . Mix returned to circus performing, working with his eldest daughter Ruth Jane Mix, who had also appeared in some of his films. In 1938, he went to Europe on a promotional trip, leaving Ruth behind to manage the circus. Without him, however, the circus soon failed, and he later excluded her from his will. Mix had reportedly made over $ 6 million (equivalent to $ 133 million in 2023) during his 26-year film career. In 1933, Ralston Purina obtained his permission to produce
840-460: The Wonder Horse ", also became a celebrity. Mix did his own stunts and was frequently injured. In 1913, Mix moved his family to a ranch he purchased in Prescott named Bar Circle A Ranch. Some of his movies were filmed in his Prescott home. During this time, Mix had success in the local Prescott Frontier Days rodeo, which claims to be the "world's oldest rodeo". In 1920, he took first prize in
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#1732783718610880-506: The cat, Noble, in her room and starved themselves to death. Supposedly the ghosts of Abby and Noble still roam the hotel. Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix ; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films . He was one of Hollywood's first Western stars and helped define
920-517: The film was a success, and Mix became an early motion picture star. Mix performed in more than 100 films for Selig, many of which were filmed in Las Vegas, New Mexico . While with Selig he co-starred in several films with Victoria Forde , and they fell in love. He divorced Olive Stokes in 1917. By then, Selig Polyscope had encountered severe financial difficulties, and Mix and Forde both subsequently signed with Fox Film Corporation , which had leased
960-543: The genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema. Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880, in Mix Run, Pennsylvania , approximately 62 miles (100 km) north of State College , to Edwin Elias Mix and Elizabeth Heistand. He grew up in nearby DuBois , where his father, a stable master for a wealthy lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses. He spent time working on a local farm owned by John DuBois,
1000-564: The hotel had descended in condition during several years of poor maintenance. The Porvazniks made the necessary repairs to the hotel to bring it back up standards. In 1971 the Porvazniks sold the Vendome to Eric and Julieta Torp for approximately forty-five thousand dollars. The hotel is a rectangle, 36 feet in width by 123 feet in depth, facing east on Cortez Street. The exterior walls are triple wythe red brick masonry, with two entrances,
1040-403: The hotel was advertised as "attractive small hotel (with) 30 rooms and 16 baths, wide verandas upstairs and down, attractive lobby, hot and cold water in all rooms, night and day phone service with buzzers in all rooms, excellent steam heat, free parking, one-half block from Plaza." The original rates were $ 1.50 per night for a single and $ 2.50 for a double. The hotel underwent a renovation during
1080-486: The housing shortage, he built a two-story hotel made of red brick on the vacant land. Jones' house was next door to that of Morris Goldwater , who would serve several terms as mayor of Prescott, and was the uncle to Barry Goldwater . Jones borrowed $ 12,000 from the Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, which was owned by his next-door neighbor, Goldwater. The hotel was finished by November 1917. Upon opening,
1120-405: The main to the east and rear entrance facing to the west. Both entrances are centered on their walls. The front of the building has two large picture windows flanking the main double doors, and feature cast-in-place concrete lintels. The front of the building has a dark red, wire-cut brick facade topped with a brick cornice displaying a course of repeating corbels. There is a front porch, as well as
1160-676: The motion picture industry, Mix has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. His cowboy boot prints, palm prints and the hoof prints of his horse, Tony, are at Grauman's Chinese Theatre , at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1958 Mix was inducted posthumously into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . In 1959,
1200-558: The nearby gully is known as " Tom Mix Wash ". The marker bears the inscription: "In memory of Tom Mix, whose spirit left his body on this spot and whose characterization and portrayals in life served to better fix memories of the old West in the minds of living men." Tom Mix was the acknowledged "King of Cowboys" when Ronald Reagan and John Wayne were young, and the influence of his screen persona can be seen in their approach to portraying cowboys. When an injury caused football player Marion Morrison (later known as John Wayne) to drop out of
1240-522: The outskirts of Los Angeles. The site was known for its huge sandstone boulders, and one of them later became known as "Tom Mix Rock" when it was discovered it had been used in The Miracle Rider . In one episode, Mix was filmed descending from the top of the rock, with boot holes carved into it to assist him in making the descent. The rock and the boot holes, although unmarked, is in the Garden of
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1280-486: The property in 1876 for $ 250 to William W. Hutchinson, who served on the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors. He built a large 2-story Victorian house on property, which also included the adjoining lot 11. After Hutchinson's death in 1886, and his wife remarried, to W.T. Richardson. The Richardson's sold the house to Henry D. Ross in 1895 for $ 3000. Ross was a respected jurist who became Chief Justice of
1320-498: The radio series Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters , which, but for one year during World War II, was popular throughout most of the 1930s through the early 1950s, well after Mix's death. Mix never appeared on these broadcasts (his voice, damaged by a bullet to the throat and repeated broken noses, was not fit for radio) and was instead played by radio actors: Artells Dickson (early 1930s), Jack Holden (from 1937), Russell Thorsen (early 1940s) and Joe "Curley" Bradley (from 1944). Others in
1360-403: The second floor. While the building now has air conditioning, the heating is provided by the original cast iron radiators. The original hotel annunciator is still located in the lobby on the wall behind the front desk. Many of the original features remain, including clawfoot tubs, iron radiators used for heating in the colder months, and its ornate woodwork. There are two exterior lounging areas:
1400-644: The supporting cast included George Gobel , Harold Peary and Willard Waterman . The Ralston company offered ads during the radio program for listeners to send in for a series of 12 special Ralston–Tom Mix comic books available only by writing the Ralston Company by mail. Most of Mix's radio work has been lost over the years; recordings of only approximately 30 scattered episodes, and no complete story arcs, survive. On October 12, 1940, after visiting Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols in Tucson , Arizona, Mix
1440-609: Was a Freemason. Mix began his film career as a supporting cast member with the Selig Polyscope Company . His first appearance was in a short film, The Cowboy Millionaire , released on October 21, 1909. In 1910, he appeared as himself in a short documentary film, Ranch Life in the Great Southwest , in which he displayed his skills as a cattle wrangler. Shot in Dewey, Oklahoma with Selig studio cameramen,
1480-908: Was a pallbearer at Earp's funeral in January 1929. The newspapers reported that Mix cried during his friend's service. Mix appeared with the Sells-Floto Circus in 1929, 1930, and 1931 at a reported weekly salary of $ 20,000 (equivalent to $ 355,000 in 2023). Meanwhile, the Great Depression (along with the actor's free-spending ways and many wives) reportedly wiped out most of his savings. Mix and Forde divorced in 1931, and in 1932, he married his fifth wife, Mabel Hubbell Ward. Universal Pictures approached him in 1932 with an offer to perform in " talkies ," which included script and cast approval. He acted in nine films for Universal, but because of injuries he received while filming, he
1520-564: Was during the 1910s and 1920s that Tom Mix was a frequent guest of the hotel, while he was filming westerns in and around Prescott. Fagerberg owned the hotel until his death in 1956. He left the hotel, and much of his estate, to the Salvation. Due to probate, the Salvation Army did not take possession until 1958, when they sold it after a few months to Olga and John Porvaznik for approximately sixteen thousand dollars, who found that
1560-687: Was killed when his car overturned while he was taking a detour 18 miles (29 km) south of Florence , Arizona . He was 60 years old. His funeral took place at the Little Church of the Flowers in Glendale, California , on October 16, 1940, and was attended by thousands of people. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery . A small stone memorial marks the site of his death on State Route 79, and
1600-556: Was reluctant to do any more. Around 1933, Mix appeared with the Sam B. Dill circus, which he reportedly bought two years later (in 1935). Mix's last screen appearance was a 15-episode sound Mascot Pictures serial, The Miracle Rider (1935), for which he received $ 40,000 for the four weeks of filming. Outdoor action sequences for the production were filmed primarily on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, on
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