A dream realized. Mount Lemmon needs a lodge. We’re making it happen.
Lodges used to be the heart of our village town, where guests could stay and locals could congregate. Today demand is high but space is limited. Residents meet at the Community Center where they must pay for the use. There are long lines during busy times at the few restaurants that serve the community. The craft fair offers an opportunity for shopping in summer and autumn, but there are only three small gift shops.
Summerhaven will have cohesiveness once again with a new heartbeat. In honor of our local architectural history, the Lodge will echo Alpine Chalet influence. Guest rooms will be simple, rustic and elegant offering another 16 rooms for lodging. Food will be fresh and local (Beyond Bread) with fast service. Gifts will exceed expectations in style and quality at all price points without competing with our dear neighboring businesses.
100 years in the making. Stewards of Southern Arizona’s precious “sky island”.
A young man headed to Arizona during the Apache Wars (early 1800’s) to protect ranch land. He married a local woman and sought a cool place to take his family during the hot desert summers. My great grandfather found his sky island and in 1915 Eugene Childs formed a partnership and developed Summerhaven, a mountain village in the Santa Catalina Mountains locally known as Mount Lemmon. He began our family’s generational love and care for Mount Lemmon.
