Formerly: Golden Eagle Brewery
Tombstone, Arizona · Founded 1879 · Building: 1882
A working Tombstone saloon and restaurant in the post-fire 1882 Crystal Palace building at Fifth and Allen streets.
The Crystal Palace Saloon operates at 436 E. Allen St. in Tombstone. Its current historical account traces the site to the Golden Eagle Brewery of 1879; the present Crystal Palace building dates to reconstruction after Tombstone's 1882 fire.
The Crystal Palace's current website says the site was built as the Golden Eagle Brewery on Allen Street in 1879.
Source: Crystal Palace Saloon official website, "Home."
Modern Tombstone historical accounts describe the Golden Eagle building as having been destroyed in the 1882 fire and replaced by the larger two-story Crystal Palace Saloon.
Source: VoiceMap, "Crystal Palace Saloon 436 E. Allen"; Smithsonian Magazine, "Tombstone".
Kim Herrig was reported to have taken over or bought the Crystal Palace in 2002. This establishes reported ownership at that time, not verified current ownership.
Source: Arizona Sonora News Service / Arizona Daily Star, "Tombstone saloon, Arizona's oldest, getting a makeover" (2017); Smithsonian Magazine, "Tombstone" (2013).
The saloon underwent reported renovation work, including an outdoor balcony/deck project.
Source: Arizona Sonora News Service / Arizona Daily Star, "Tombstone saloon, Arizona's oldest, getting a makeover" (2017).
Every claim gets rated. A business's own website can never earn "documented."
Several modern historical and tourism sources repeat the office claim, but the materials reviewed did not include a dated primary directory, lease, government record, or contemporaneous newspaper source sufficient to rate it documented.
The claim is promoted by the business and repeated in modern reporting, but the reviewed material does not supply comparative statewide evidence or establish uninterrupted operation through the 1882 fire, Prohibition, and later ownership changes.
A 2017 report quotes then-owner Kim Herrig saying the original bar was moved to Sonora during Prohibition, later destroyed in a fire, and replaced in 1963 with a reproduction made from blueprints. Independent documentation for that sequence was not located in this review.
The Crystal Palace building dates intact to 1879.
The site is commonly traced to the 1879 Golden Eagle Brewery, but historical accounts identify the present Crystal Palace as a post-fire 1882 building.
Source: VoiceMap, "Crystal Palace Saloon 436 E. Allen"; Smithsonian Magazine, "Tombstone."
The Crystal Palace has been continuously operating since 1879.
The reviewed evidence supports a claimed 1879 origin and a present operating business, but does not establish uninterrupted operation across the 1882 fire, Prohibition, and subsequent ownership changes.
Source: Crystal Palace Saloon official website, "Home"; Arizona Sonora News Service / Arizona Daily Star (2017).
The Crystal Palace is located at 43 E. Allen St.
Current business and directory information identify the address as 436 E. Allen St., Tombstone, Arizona 85638.
Source: Crystal Palace Saloon official website; current business directory listing.
The Crystal Palace remains an operating saloon and restaurant in Tombstone's historic commercial district, where its post-1882 building has been repeatedly adapted and restored for modern visitors.
No. The historical accounts reviewed describe the Golden Eagle building as destroyed in Tombstone's 1882 fire and replaced by the present post-fire Crystal Palace building.
That has not been established by the sources reviewed. A 2017 owner account says the saloon's original bar was removed during Prohibition, but it does not document uninterrupted business operation.
Not on the evidence reviewed. A 2017 report quotes the then-owner as saying the original bar was lost and a reproduction was built in 1963, but additional documentary confirmation is needed.
436 E Allen St, Tombstone, AZ 85638
(520) 457-3611
The current business website presents the Crystal Palace as an operating Tombstone saloon and restaurant.