A place to rest in everybodys hometown welcome to the hampton inn prescott our hotel is 100 non smoking charming historic prescott began as a mining town with the discovery of gold in nearby lynx creek in 1863 in 1864 the town of prescott was laid out along granite creek right where the gold had been panned today much of prescotts history has been preserved here in the place they call everybodys hometown whiskey row boasts many important buildings including the palace arizonas