Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
— — a log house the lumber barons built for each other.
Not only on a wall.
“Two Arts and Crafts wings joined by a common room, built in 1904 for the brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan, who ran the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company in Flagstaff. The architect was Charles Whittlesey, the same hand behind El Tovar at the Grand Canyon. The house is volcanic stone at the base, log-slab siding above, and inside it is essentially intact: Stickley furniture, Steuben glass, the brothers' books still on the shelves.
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Riordan Mansion is a two-wing Arts and Crafts house in Flagstaff, Arizona, built in 1904 for brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan, owners of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. The architect was Charles Whittlesey, then chief architect for the Santa Fe Railway and designer of the Grand Canyon's El Tovar Hotel. The house has roughly 13,000 square feet across the two wings and a connecting common room nicknamed the Cabin. Arizona acquired the property in 1979; it has operated as a state historic park since 1983 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The walls are volcanic rock from the surrounding San Francisco volcanic field at the base, switching to hand-split log-slab siding above. The roof shingles, interior trim, and most of the structural timber came directly out of the Riordan brothers' own mill. Inside, the furnishings are largely original: Gustav Stickley Mission oak in the public rooms, Steuben glass, a Steinway grand, and a Harvey Ellis-designed bedroom set in the east wing. The brothers' personal library still occupies its shelves, which is unusual for a house museum of this age and explains the unhurried feeling of the rooms.
The house is open to the public by guided tour only; tours leave from the visitor center on the hour and last about an hour. Reservations are recommended in summer and on weekends. The grounds and visitor center are open as a walk-in. Admission is currently around twelve dollars for adults, with reduced rates for youth, and an annual Arizona State Parks pass covers entry. The park sits a few blocks south of downtown Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University, at roughly 6,900 feet elevation, so afternoons run cool even in midsummer.