This is the second and last part of the Superior Home Show. Although not homes, these three historic buildings along Main Street are very important to the history and restoration of the mining town.
Once again we stopped at the Magma Hotel because Jane & Terry had not seen it. We did get to see two different guest rooms on the first floor of the hotel. Rooms rent for $180 a night for a single and $200+ for a double.
(photo from last year)
(photo from last year)
the dining room was open for breakfast and lunch
(last year's photo was better)
modern bathroom with clawfoot tub and
shower
bathrooms decorated in black & white
all have clawfoot tubs & showers
one of the two rooms we saw
queen beds in every room
the renovated hotel opened for business in March 2019
(we saw it in January 2019)
second Superior city jail
(first jail was built in 1903 at another location)
This jail was built in 1920 as the Pinal County Jail. The adobe addition housing judges offices has crumbled with time. According to local legend, Mexican Revolutionary General Pancho Villa was protected for a night in the jail in 1920 and supposedly hid out in a few homes along Sonora Street. This was also the courthouse until a new one was built in 1945.
The jail building was empty for a number of years after prisoners were moved to Florence, the Pinal County seat. In 1960 the building became a laundromat and in 2012 it was bought by the current owner of the Hotel Magma and returned to its former purpose, a jail...
complete with permanent residents
the Barmacy was on the tour last year,
but not yet open for business
it was this year
our adult refreshments
(pear Ultra was delicious!)
one of the infamous Superior residents
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