Swindall Tourist Inn is a hotel in Phoenix, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Phoenix, United States of America”. It stands about 1.4 km from the centre of Phoenix.[3]

Overview

The Swindall Tourist Inn is the last known surviving African American boarding house in Phoenix, Arizona used during the Jim Crow era. The building itself was built in 1913 and was sold in 1940. Until its selling, it was used as a boarding house, predominantly for African American lodgers.

From “Swindall Tourist Inn” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

Its architecture is described as bungalow. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 1.4 km from the centre of Phoenix. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), about 7 km from the centre of Phoenix.[4]

It is one of 18 hotels in and around Phoenix recorded in Wikidata, 11 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 6 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Hotel San Carlos, opened in 1928. See Hotels in Phoenix.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Swindall Tourist Inn (Q28153720). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Swindall Tourist Inn. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-05.
  3. ^ Phoenix (Q16556). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Phoenix. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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