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Bennett's Auto Bennett's Auto, 239 W. Route 66, Williams, AZ: 1930's Modern Style Gas station during heyday of Route 66 when gas sold for $0.16/gallon [2] The Postal Telegraph Co. The Postal Telegraph Co., 239 W. Route 66, Williams, AZ: 1910 [2] Operated until 1940's Unknown named original building Unknown Building, 229 Route 66, Williams, AZ ...
Williams (Havasupai: Wii GvĘžul [4]) is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, located west of Flagstaff. Its population was 3,023 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] It lies on the routes of Historic Route 66 and Interstate 40 .
Four fires practically ravaged the town. The first of these fires occurred in 1884, it consumed 36 businesses, 2 hotels and 10 homes. Another occurred in 1901 and one in 1903, destroying six saloons, one restaurant and two homes. The fourth fire in 1908, took out an entire city block and 10 homes.
The four block long Williams Historic Business District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1984. [1] Vintage Gas Station, northeast corner of 1st St. and U.S. Route 66. It is flanked on the east and west by a commercial strip with motels, service stations, and restaurants dating to the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Williams Depot is now the southern terminus for the Grand Canyon Railway, containing a gift shop, coffee stand, rest room facilities, ticket counter and restaurant. Although the Fray Marcos hotel closed in 1954, the original building remains and is the oldest poured-concrete structure in the state of Arizona. [ 14 ]
Santa Fe Lake is the name of two waterbodies: a reservoir in 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of downtown Williams in North Central Arizona, and a natural lake in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Ski Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. [1] The reservoir is behind Santa Fe Dam, built in red sandstone.
Williams Junction station was an Amtrak train station on the Southwest Chief route, located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of Williams, Arizona in the Kaibab National Forest. The station primarily served passengers travelling to the Grand Canyon via the Grand Canyon Railway .
The Williams Residential Historic District is a 65 acres (26 ha) historic district in Williams, Arizona which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.The district is roughly bounded by Grant and Fairview Aves. and by Taber and Sixth Streets. [1] It includes works by architect Orville Bell.