Squaw Peak Inn is a historic structure located at 4425 E. Horseshoe Road in the east end of Piestewa Peak Mountain, formerly known as Squaw Peak Mountain. The inn, which has served as the lodging for various celebrities, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1995.Piestewa Peak MountainPiestewa Peak Mountain is located in central Phoenix. The mountain is made up of igneous and metamorphic rocks such as schist, quartzite and quartz. It was known by various names such as Squaw Tit Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, and Vainom Do'ag, the Pima name for the mountain. The mountain was renamed "Squaw Peak Mountain" in the 19th Century by the new settlers from the east coast of the United States. In 2003, the mountain was named Piestewa Peak in honor of Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military, and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War. The national board which voted to approve the name change to Piestewa Peak in 2008 indicated that the original name of Squaw Peak might still be used in publications as a secondary reference.Squaw Peak Ranch and the Stopford familyIn 1929, William Eugene D'Allemund built the first building constructed on the property which was to become known as the Squaw Peak Ranch. It was a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom frame-and-stucco house. D'Allemund used it as a residence. The house featured a flat roof with parapet, a large fireplace constructed of mortared native stone (with the exterior of the front entry also framed in stone), and high ceilings in the living room and two bedrooms. In 1937, William A. and Emily Stopford purchased an 800-acre parcel near the east end of the mountain for $25.00 an acre. They built a home, designed by Stopford, in the center of their parcel. The ranch house consisted of a living room, two bedrooms and two baths. Adobe bricks were used and the labor force included local Native Americans. By 1943, they converted the house into a guest ranch which they named the Squaw Peak Ranch. The ranch did not have telephones or electricity. The rooms were lit by kerosene lanterns. The water was supplied by a well which was drilled into the hard rock beneath the ranch. The Stopfords also built outhouses for the domestic help.
