Historic Properties in Phoenix
There are various properties in the city of Phoenix which are considered historical and have been included either in the National Register of Historic Places or the listings of the Phoenix Historic Property Register. The following are images of some of these properties with a short description of the same.
Historic Phoenix, Arizona
(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
(PHPR = Phoenix Historic Property Register) |
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Windsor Hotel (NRHP), originally known as the 6th Avenue Hotel, was completed in 1893.
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Adams School (now Grace Court School) (NRHP-Nov. 29, 1979). Built in 1924
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Bragg's Pie Building (NRHP-June 16, 2009). Built in 1925
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Chambers Storage Building built 1923 (NRHP)
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Copeland & Trachet Service Station, now Granpa Sal's Tires, built in 1925 (NRHP)
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El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium (now the Polly Rosenbaum Building) built in 1921 (NRHP - March 9, 1989).
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Firestone building built in 1925 (NRHP)
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First Baptist Church built in 1923 (NRHP)
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First Presbyterian Church built in 1892 (NRHP)
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Franklin School built 1925 (NRHP August 12, 1993).
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Fry Building, built in 1891, as it looks today (NRHP)
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The Heard Building, built in 1920, was Phoenix's first skyscraper (NRHP). The building was featured in Alfred Hitchcocks 1960 film "Psycho"
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Hotel St. James (NRHP). The now abandoned structure was built in 1925 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places #85002061 on September 4, 1985. It is located in 21 E. Madison St. Phoenix, Arizona.
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Maricopa County Courthouse. The historic “Miranda rights” were established in this court after the arrest of Ernesto Miranda (NRHP)
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Pay'n Takit No. 25, built in 1926, now (2012) houses Central United "A boxing club" (NRHP)
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Phoenix Indian School main building built in 1891 (NRHP)
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Tombstones in historic Pioneer Military and Memorial Park (NRHP-Feb. 1, 2007). The Cemetery dates back to the 1850s
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Security Building built in 1925 (NRHP)
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Steinegger Lodging House (NRHP). The now abandoned structure was built in 1875 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places #86001369 on June 19, 1986. It was also known as the Alamo Hotel, St. Francis Hotel and the Golden West Hotel. It is located in 27 E. Monroe St., Phoenix, Arizona.
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The "U" shaped Phoenix Title and Trust Towers were built in 1931 (NRHP)
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Phoenix Masonic Temple built in 1926 (PHPR)
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Santa Fe Freight Depot built in 1929 (PHPR)
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Dunbar School built in 1925 (NRHP)
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Monroe High School built in 1914 (NRHP)
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Phoenix Union Colored High School (Later renamed George Washington Carver High School) built in 1926 (NRHP)
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Phoenix Union High School built in 1912 (NRHP)
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Dr. Norton House built in 1912 (PHPR)
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Dr. Norton's Carriage House built in 1912 (PHPR)
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Encanto Park Clubhouse built in 1936 (PHPR)
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Dr. Ellis House built in 1917 (NRHP)
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Dr. Evans' House built in 1893 (NRHP)
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Phoenix Carnegie Library built in 1907 (NRHP)
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Former Shackelford Dental Office Building which currently houses a small exhibit of theThe Arizona Street Railway Museum (PHPR).
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A.E. England Motors Building built in 1926 (PHPR)
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Department of Agriculture Building built in 1930 (PHPR)
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Smurthwaite House built in 1897 (NRHP)
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Entrance of the Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic built in 1931 (NRHP). Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the infamous "Trunk Murderess" worked here.
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Valley Plumbing and Sheet Metal Building, built 1925 (NRHP Oct. 1, 1985).
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The original Cartwright School was built in 1921. It was listed in the NHRP in 1993.
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The house where Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the infamous "Trunk Murderess", dismembered two roommates in 1931, as it looked in 2012.
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Historic Tovrea Castle, built between December 1929 and January 1931 (NRHP Oct. 1, 1996).
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Tomb of George W. P. Hunt, Arizonas first Governor (NRHP)
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