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Peach Springs Trading Post, Arizona

Retro roadside
In Peach Springs, Arizona
On Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

The Peach Springs Trading Post is a historic trading post in Peach Springs, AZ, just off Route 66. Cecil Davis built it in 1928 in the Pueblo Revival style, and over the decades it served as a general store, a post office and a home. It joined the National Register in 2003, when the Hualapai Indian Nation owned it, and it is a fine stop between Seligman and Kingman.

What is Peach Springs Trading Post?

The trading post is a single building designed in the Pueblo Revival style, which borrows the flat roofs and blocky, earthy forms of Southwestern pueblo architecture. It takes its name from the town of Peach Springs.

A trading post like this was the commercial heart of a small place. This one wore several hats over the years: it sold general goods, handled the mail as a post office and also served as someone's dwelling.

History of Peach Springs Trading Post

Cecil Davis put up the building in 1928, just two years after the Route 66 designation reached this part of Arizona. A postcard from 1936 shows young men on horseback posed in front of the post, a glimpse of the place in the early highway years.

In 2003 the building joined the National Register. The Hualapai Indian Nation owned it at the time.

Visiting Peach Springs Trading Post: tips

The post is about a fifth of a mile off the old road, so it is barely a detour. Enjoy the building from the outside and give it 10 to 15 minutes for photos; its flat-roofed Pueblo Revival lines stand out well against the open Arizona sky, especially in the soft light of early morning or late afternoon. Food, fuel and lodging are all within about a fifth of a mile.

The John Osterman Gas Station is only a tenth of a mile away, so see both together. Grand Canyon Caverns is about 11 miles off if you want a longer stop.