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Circa-1904 historic mansion with art nouveau touches covering 13,000 sq. ft., with guided tours.
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Reviews — 8
The rangers at the historic mansion were wonderful and very, very knowledgeable. We loved the tour and loved the tour guide gentleman as he told us all kinds of interesting tidbits about the mansion and answered all of our queries. The fact that it was snowing that morning was just icing on the cake.
We had this loosely in our plans, but after walking the Calvary Cemetery has to go learn more. We loved the tour, both the self guided and the guided. The State Parks has done a great job restoring and maintaining the property and it was fun to learn about Flagstaff's early history.
Very informative tour, it provides a big picture of how Flagstaff came to be and the contributions of the Riordan family to the development of the region.
$2 for the self-guided tour and $12 for the guided tour which allows you to go inside the mansion. It seems like the guided tour is scheduled every hour and accepted a certain amount of people. Staff are friendly. The landscape and the mansion are beautiful and very well maintained.
We had, in David, a seriously knowledgeable person on the mansion and the Riordans for our tour, This is a state historical park. How the Riordans played a part in the milling and forestry industry, their art awareness, and fairness to workers made me appreciate their legacy more. The home is immaculate and amazing. This is a must-see if you are at all interested in the history of Northern Arizona.
The Riordan Mansion was well worth the stop on our trip! I would highly recommend doing the tour of the inside. It’s cheap and well worth it. Our docent was super knowledgeable and there’s a lot to see inside. It was also fun to walk around the grounds. It’s a perfect way to kill 2 hours!
We had never heard of this place, but had some time to kill before checkin at our hotel, so we found the entrance (it's behind where we expected!) and went in, deciding to pay for the guided tour. Definitely worth it -- the history was fascinating, and our tour guide was very knowledgable.
There were only four of us on the tour, so Charlotte was able to answer all our questions and let us know everything about both houses, who had lived there and why some things were changed and others are pretty much the same as when the family left it.
There were only four of us on the tour, so Charlotte was able to answer all our questions and let us know everything about both houses, who had lived there and why some things were changed and others are pretty much the same as when the family left it.
