OUR HISTORY · EST. 1903
Built after the fire of 1900. Reborn after the fire of 2012.
The story of the building at 154 South Montezuma, from the Grand Saloon & Hotel to The Grand Highland Hotel.
TIMELINE
More than a century on Whiskey Row
1900
The legendary fire of 1900 destroys Whiskey Row and much of downtown Prescott.
1903
The two-story Grand Saloon & Hotel opens at 154 South Montezuma, as Whiskey Row is rebuilt in brick.
1949
Howard Hinson Sr. moves his family west to Prescott and opens The Holiday Shop on the ground floor, a one-of-a-kind curio store selling Native American jewelry, hunting and fishing gear, and even Converse shoes. A few years later he buys the building, including the upstairs hotel of 16 guest rooms, and renames it The Highland Hotel.
1971
Hinson buys the building next door, home to three separate businesses.
2012
A fire in May destroys the building next door and leaves heavy smoke damage in the hotel. The Hinson family rebuilds the hotel as The Grand Highland Hotel, and the empty space next door becomes the Holiday Courtyard.
2021
The Medina family buys the hotel from the Hinson family, and The Grand Highland becomes part of Medina Hospitality.
