This furnishings display was in the Scottsdale Historical Museum at the time of the dedication of the museum in July 1991.
Sylvia Evans and her friend, Lucy Cuthbert, opened the Jokake Inn as a tea room in 1926. On the southern flank of Camelback Mountain, the tea room was built on the property of Robert Evan's mother, internationally acclaimed artist, Jessie Benton Evans. Sylvia and Robert Evans later built what was to become the Hopi House as living quarters, separate from the tea room. Gradually people requested that they stay in the house, and the Evans decided to accommodate them. By 1929 they had added cottages, and were able to accommodate fifty guests.
Distinctive twin bell towers flanked the entry at 6000 E Camelback Road. The architectural style was Pueblo Revival, with plastered adobe walls, small windows and exposed roof beams. "Jokake" is a Hopi word for "mud house”, and is appropriate given the style. Bob Evans designed the Southwestern style adobe cottages. The Inn expanded over the years and became popular with business and entertainment families. Jokake Inn was sold in 1952 and continued in business until it was sold again in 1979. The complex was then demolished, except for the main building, with its distinctive towers, which remains on the property of The Phoenician resort and is listed as a historic building.
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