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A historic building on Main Street that has worn many hats—bank, undertaking parlor, apartments, and more—now lives on as the Clarkdale Park Hotel. Step inside the story, meet the family behind its revival, and discover why this stay connects you to the heart of Clarkdale—right down to a beer at Smelter Town Brewery downstairs.
Perched at the base of Cleopatra Hill along the Verde River, Clarkdale is widely recognized as Arizona’s first master-planned community. It began not as a mining camp or dusty settlement, but as something far more ambitious: a carefully designed town in the heart of Arizona’s copper country.