Cochise Hotel

United States historic place


Cochise Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Cochise Hotel in 2013.
32°6′17.36″N 109°55′19.64″W / 32.1048222°N 109.9221222°W / 32.1048222; -109.9221222
Built	1882
Architectural style	False front
NRHP reference No.	76000370 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 1976

The Cochise Hotel is a historic and functional hotel located in the town of Cochise in southeastern Arizona. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 1976.^[2]

History

The hotel was originally built in 1882 by the railroad telegrapher and father of the town of Cochise, John Rath. The hotel has been in operation since then and is still open and currently being restored. The hotel was built with the purpose of serving railroad crews traveling through the town. The railroad depot, now gone, was located directly across the street.^[3]

After its opening in 1882, Rath and the Cochise Hotel served many purposes for the local community. These purposes included serving as the Wells Fargo office, the telegraph office, the community laundry and the local post office beginning in 1896. In 1899, Big Nose Kate, Mary Katherine Harony Cummings, the famed sidekick of John Henry Holliday aka Doc Holliday, was hired to work in the hotel after Holliday's death.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "National Register of Historical Place, ARIZONA(AZ), Cochise County". Retrieved December 22, 2006.
^ "Cochise western ghost town". Retrieved December 22, 2006.
^ "Big Nose Kate - Doc Holliday's Sidekick - Page 2". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2006.