City of Chandler, Arizona history

Chandler High School was established in 1914.

The Suhwaro Hotel originally opened in 1916 as a cheap alternative to the San Marcos Hotel.

Chandler High School's first graduating class was in 1918, and it included Bruce Robinson, Nora Chitwood and Earnest Koch.

The First National Bank Building, constructed in 1919, is the only Neo-Classical-style building in downtown Chandler.

By 1920, the population of Chandler had risen to over 1,000 residents, and automobiles had become the mainstay of transportation.

Chandler High School was dedicated in 1921.

By the time the Chamber had reorganized, it had outgrown the Monroe Building, and in 1924, a new meeting place was built on the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Buffalo Street.

Chandler's unit of the Arizona National Guard was first activated in 1940, at which time it became necessary to have an armory in Chandler.

On August 14, 1945, Chandler residents celebrated late into the night when they received news of the end of the war.

By the time the National Guard was reactivated in 1948, it had outgrown the McCormick Building.

In early 2008, Chandler's oldest church congregation said goodbye to its home for 94 years and moved into a new building in the south part of Chandler.

It was in 2012 when the building reopened as the headquarters of the Chandler Museum, housing collections of archives, exhibit galleries and the museum's offices and research center.

The hotel underwent an $8.5 million renovation in time for its 100th anniversary in 2013.