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The 14-acre property at 2200 E. Elm St. opened in December of 1930 and has since been owned by the family of founder .

It has 89 rooms and about 5,000 square feet of event space and amenities, including a bar and patio, dining room, clay tennis courts and croquet lawns.

“We’re seeking a buyer who recognizes the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn’s historical significance to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and its surrounding community and is committed to preserving its legacy while thoughtfully enhancing its potential,â€� said Matt Riley, senior director of JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group, which is marketing the Inn. “The resort represents a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s history while its prime location, coupled with the strong demand fundamentals of the surrounding lodging market, positions the asset for continued success.â€�

There is no set sale price.

Greenway was ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s first congresswoman and lifelong friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, who would stay at the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn during her visits to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.

Prior to building the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn, Greenway ran , a philanthropic furniture store to offer employment to disabled World War I veterans who were convalescing in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, the Inn’s history shows.

When the Hut ran into financial trouble following the stock market crash in 1929, Greenway built the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn to both preserve the furniture from the Hut and keeps veterans employed.

Original ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Hut furniture can still be found throughout the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn, maintained by the Inn’s on-site carpentry shop.

The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn was placed on the in 1988.

Linda Ronstadt stays there whenever she returns to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, she told the Star.

It’s been Ronstadt’s hometown refuge for years after she sold her home in the historic Colonia Solana district in 2016.

She told the Star that ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn is her “favorite hotel in the worldâ€� and the place where she invites family to visit her when she gets to town including her last public visit at the 2023 ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Festival of Books.

The hotel was designed by architect and done in Pueblo Revival and Colonial Revival styles.

It opened during a time of tremendous growth in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, conservationists and historians say, and catered to very affluent tourists at a time when people dressed up for dinner, enjoyed a book in the library or an evening cocktail by one of the many fireplaces.

During the days of swamp coolers, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn used to close in the summers until 1971.

Once air conditioning was added, the resort was open all year until the pandemic shut it down in the spring of 2020 until Oct. 1 of that year.

The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn is one of several resorts that opened in the 1920s and early 1930s to cater to wealthy clientele, according to the .

Still in existence are the in Phoenix (1929), (1930) and the (1927).

On the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Inn’s opening night, Dec. 18, 1930, Greenway is quoted as having said she built the resort with a desire to give guests “privacy, quiet and sunshine.â€�