ADAPTIVE REUSE & PRESERVATION SITE
What is this place?
This Winslow Arizona building began life as Billy Burke’s Saloon in 1892. It is now the Motor Palace, currently a design and preservation studio and our private residence.
We are currently not open to the public.
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History
The Legend
About Us
The Motor Palace Owners
BRIAN LAW
Brian is an accredited New Urbanist through the University of Miami and the Congress for the New Urbanism. He has been a lifelong student of urban design and historic preservation. He completed a certificate program through Cornell University on Sustainable Historic Preservation. He is a certified Associate Project Manager by the Project Management Institute (CAPM). He is chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission and part-time Zoning Hearing Officer with the City of Winslow. Brian holds a Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Leadership (2024) and a Master’s Degree in Anthropology focused on Urban Archeology (2026), both from Cal Poly Humboldt, where he was also teaching assistant. He retired from a career he loved in 2019, managing Harley-Davidson and BMW motorcycle dealerships.
LORI BENTLEY LAW
Lori is a filmmaker, author, graphic designer, and Creative Director for Affeldt Mion Museum, La Posada Hotel, and Turquoise Room in Winslow, Arizona. She specializes in historic properties and the artists connected to them. She left her career as videojournalist for NBC Los Angeles in 2018, a career that took her around the world and even put a few Emmys on her shelf. The business changed, and she instead decided to pursue a life filled with joy. Lori graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Design Arts and a minor in Documentary Filmmaking from the University of Arizona.
