Virtual Tour of The The Silver King Hotel - Rear View (west face) Silver King Hotel

This photo shows the rear of the hotel with the completed deck and exterior stairs from phase 1 of the restoration. To the right side you can see what little remained at the time of the original adobe hotel's walls (these old adobe walls have now been removed). If you look close in the shadows you can see a fireplace and part of a chimney remaining from the original hotel building. (Click on the photo above to see a larger, higher definition copy of the photo.)

The second floor rooms in the red-brick section likely had a single window each, and adjacent rooms shared a chimney. Using this photo and photos of the Main Street frontage indicates the red-brick main hotel building originally had 15 upstairs guest rooms. The small chimney size indicates that the red-brick section likely had coal burning fireplaces in the rooms for heat. Coal-burning fireplaces allowed for the use of smaller chimneys than wood burning fireplaces. Also the lack of a quality wood source here in the Arizona desert would support the conclusion that coal would be used.