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List of historic properties in Tempe, Arizona
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Andre Building built in 1888
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Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona
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This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments in Tempe, Arizona.
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Tempe
In 1865, the United States established a military fort known as Fort McDowell in what was then known as the "Arizona territory". The fort was near the Salt River and as such allowed the settlement of a small agricultural community called 'Hayden's Ferry', named after a ferry service operated by Charles T. Hayden. The community's name was changed to "Tempe" after pioneer Darrell "Lord" Duppa compared the Salt River valley to the Vale of Tempe near Mount Olympus in Greece.
In 1885, the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature chose Tempe for the site of the Territorial Normal School, which became Arizona Normal School, Arizona State Teachers College, Arizona State College and finally Arizona State University. In 1887 the Phoenix Railroad was built and crossed the Salt River at Tempe, linking the town to the rest of the nation. The city was incorporated in 1894.
The city has 45 listings on the National Register of Historic Places, which includes three historic neighborhood districts. Additionally, a number of properties not on the national register which are of historical interest to the city and which are included in the Tempe Historic Property Survey are also listed here. One of the main criteria of the National Register of Historic Places is that the property must be in its original location other wise it will be removed from the list. Two examples of properties which were listed and later dismantled to be rebuilt in another location are the Josephine Frankenberg House which was originally located at 129 E. University Dr. and the Samuel C. Long House which was originally located at 27 E. 6th St.. Both houses are now located at 150 S. Ash Ave in 1992 in Tempe's Olde Towne Square along with three other houses considered as historical by the Tempe Historical Society .
The Tempe Historic Property Survey and the Tempe Historical Society are involved in identifying more than 350 buildings and structures in Tempe that exhibited potential historical and/or architectural significance. The Tempe Historic Preservation Office does not have the ability to deny a demolition permit. Therefore, the owner of a property, listed either in the National Register of Historic Places or the Tempe Historic Property Survey, may demolish the historical property if he or she so wishes. Two examples of the many properties which were listed in the Tempe Historic Property Survey and which have been demolished are The R. J. Schweppe House which once was at 202 E. 5th Street and the Johnson/McLean House at 108 W. University Dr.
Also pictured is the Double Butte Cemetery which was established in 1888 in property donated by Niels Peterson. Peterson himself was buried there until 1923, when he was exhumed and re-interned in the property where his historic house is located. The cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 2013. Among the notable people buried in the cemetery are Charles Trumbull Hayden the founder of Tempe; his son Carl T. Hayden the first United States Senator to serve seven terms; Benjamin Baker Moeur the 4th Governor of Arizona and John Howard Pyle the 9th Governor of Arizona.
Endangered properties
The Arizona Preservation Foundation is an agency which identifies critically endangered cultural resources of major historical significance to the state. n 2012, the foundation identified the following properties in Tempe as endangered:
- The Gonzales Martinez House.
- The Maple Ash Neighborhood
Buildings, Bridges and Houses of religious worship
- Historic buildings, bridges and houses of religious worship
(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
(THPR = Tempe Historic Property Register)
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The Andre Building was built in 1888 and is located at 401-403 S. Mill Ave. in Tempe, Az. While living in Phoenix, R. G. Andre built the commercial building at the southwest corner of Mill and 4th Street in 1888, and opened a saddle and harness shop. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1979 reference #79000419.
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The Vienna Bakery Building was built in 1893 and is located at 415 S. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Az. The Vienna Bakery Building was built in the Victorian commercial style, was modernized in 1928, to the Spanish Colonial Revival style that was popular at the time. The building is associated with a German immigrant family which carried on a bakery business in this location from 1904 until 1963. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1980 references #80000764.
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The Goodwin Building was built in 1907 and is located 514-518 S. Mill Ave. In 1907, Garfield Abram Goodwin completed his building with three commercial bays ─ two rentals and one for his curio store and Wells Fargo Agency. The back of half of the store was furnished as a home for the Goodwin family. The restored Goodwin building remains as the last example of cast-iron façade architecture in Tempe. Goodwin served as mayor of Tempe from 1924 to 1926. On May 06, 1984, the National Park Service (National Register of Historic Places) certified Goodwin Building as a national historic site, and assigned it the reference number 84000710.
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Tempe National Bank Building built in 1912 (THPR). The Tempe National Bank was established on January 4, 1901, by pioneer Tempe businessmen and agriculturalists. From its establishment in 1901, the bank operated under the control and direction of the community’s most intrepid pioneers., including: Carl T. Hayden, Arizona's longtime Congressman and Senator; Cyrus Grant Jones, first president of the Tempe National Bank; and Albert E. Miller, son of Tempe pioneer Winchester Miller, a director of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company. Thanks Anderson, Mayor of Tempe from 1930‐1932 and 1934‐1937, began his banking career here in 1915 and went on to become branch manager and then vice‐president of the bank. Benjamin Baker Moeur, a physician and businessman in Tempe who served two terms as Governor of Arizona, had his practice in the building.
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Ruins of the Old 1913 Ash Avenue Bridge. The bridge was built with a narrow span which was designed more for wagons and couldn’t handle two lanes of traffic. bridge closed to vehicles when the Mill Avenue Bridge opened in 1931. The bridge needed repairs, however the city of Tempe decided to demolish it in 1991. (NRHP)
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The E.M. White Dairy Barn was built in 1919 and is located at 1810 E. Apache Blvd. in Tempe, Az. The White Dairy Barn is the only known river cobble building remaining in Tempe, and was built around 1918 to 1920 by E.M. White, after he bought the property from M.H. Meyer and J.H. Guyer. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1984 reference #84000176.
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The Watson’s Flowers Building was built in 1920 and is located at 2525 E. Apache Blvd. The building is an example of adobe commercial construction and the Art Moderne style. It is historically associated to Tempe’s transportation and tourism. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
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Marlatt’s Garage was built in 1922 and is located at 1249 E. 8th St.. The property was built by Clyde Gililland. Here he established his Gililland Motor Co. Garage business. Gililland served as Tempe’s mayor for one year (1960-1961). Eugene Marlatt owned the property from 1933 until his death in 1981. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
ASU
There are various historic buildings located within the Arizona State University Campus.
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The Industrial Arts Building which is also known as the Anthropology Building or Building #217 , was built in 1914. The building, located at 900 Cady Mall, is now known as the School of Human Evolution and Social Change . It is located within the ASU Campus. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 4, 1985, reference #85002168.
Houses
- Historic houses
(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
(THPR = Tempe Historic Property Register)
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Charles T. Hayden House was built in 1871 and is located at 2000 1 W. Rio Salado Parkway. It is the oldest building in Tempe. It was the residence of Charles Trumbull Hayden and his family. The Hayden family moved out of the house in 1889. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1984 reference #84000173.
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The Gonzales-Martinez House was built in 1880 and is located at 320 W. First St. in Tempe, Az. Ramon Gonzales was a freighter in Southern Arizona until he relocated to Tempe in about 1877 and was employed by Charles T. Hayden. Jesus Martinez acquired the property in 1892. List in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1984 reference #84000708.
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The Farmer-Goodwin House was built in 1883 and is located at 820 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az.. The house is one of the best-preserved and unique adobe structures in the state. Hiram Bradford Farmer purchased the house for $3,000 in January of 1886. Farmer was the first professor and principal at the Territorial Normal School (now Arizona State University) when it opened in February of 1886. List in the National Register of Historic Place on December 26, 1972 reference #72000197.
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The Brown-Strong House was built in 1883 is located at 604 S. Ash Ave (now 605). Samuel Brown was a blacksmith who served as Tempe’s mayor from 1902 to 1903. He served as Town Marshal, tax collector and supervisor of streets until 1912. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
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Roy Hackett House was built in 1888 and is located at 401-405 W. 4th St. This building is the oldest fired brick building in Tempe, and perhaps possesses the most original integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association of any territorial commercial building in Maricopa County. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, reference #74000458.
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The Sampson-Tupper House was built in 1888 and is located at 601 W. 3rd St. The house was built for Mrs. Lulu Sampson, a widow and teacher in the Tempe School system. The house was originally built and located at 109 W. Sixth St. and moved to its current location in order to be preserved. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register. The house is located in the Roosevelt Addition Historic District which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places reference number 09000959.
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The Elias-Rodriguez House was built in 1890 and is located at 927 E. Eighth St. in Tempe, Az. It is one of the oldest remaining adobe houses in Tempe. The building houses a museum of local Mexican-American history. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May, 7, 1984, reference number 84000684.
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The Gov. Benjamin B. Moeur House was in built 1892 and is located at 34 E. 7th Street. The house was owned by Dr. Benjamin B. Moeur who in 1896 was the town's only full-time physician. He served two terms as governor of Arizona, while still living in this house. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 2012. reference #12000295.
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The Niels Petersen House was built in 1892 and is located at 1414 W. Southern Ave. in Tempe, Az. The house was built in 1892 by Niels Petersen, a Danish immigrant who came to Tempe in 1871. He developed a ranch with substantial land holdings, was president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, co-founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a representative at the 18th Territorial Legislature. Creighton, the architect, worked for many years in Arizona, and among his extant works are the Pinal County Courthouse, Old Main at the University of Arizona, and the Tempe Hardware Building on Mill Avenue in Tempe. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1978 reference #78000553.
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The Spear House was built in 1893 and is located at 1015 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az. Myron Spear (a Civil War veteran) and his wife Sylvia Spear built the house in 1893. Myron worked as a baker and a drayman, and for a time had his own express business; Sylvia worked as a nurse. It is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
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The Harrington-Birchett House was built in 1895 and is located at 202 E. 7th Street. The house was built by J.W. Harrington and sold in 1904 to Mattie Birchett. Matties' son, Joseph T. Birchett married Guess Eleanor Anderson that same year. He served as Tempe's mayor from 1912-1914. Guess was the sister of Honor Anderson Moeur, wife of Arizona Governor Benjamin B. Moeur. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1984 reference #84000716.
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The Morrow-Hudson House was built in 1904 and is located at 1203 E. Alameda Dr. in Tempe, Az. This house belonged to Estmer Hudson was an Arizona pioneer who in 1916, with Charles Henry Waterhouse introduced the new Egyptian cotton, commonly known as Pima cotton. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1984 reference #84000733.
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The Hugh Laird House was built in 1908 and is located at 821 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az. The house belonged to Hugh Laird a businessman and public servant. Laird career was a registered pharmacist and owner of Laird and Dines Drug Store. He served 12 years as Tempe postmaster and two terms as a representative in the state legislature. He also served a 32-year consecutive seat on the Tempe City Council, 14 of those years as Mayor. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1984 reference #84000726.
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The Cummins House was built in 1909 and is located at 839 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az. Aaron and Margaret Cummins acquired undeveloped Lot 10, Block 1 of Farmer’s Addition in May 1908, mortgaged the property in March 1909, and built the house soon thereafter. Listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
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The Chavez House was built in 1910 and is located at 927 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az. Ramon immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1904 and married Nicolasa in 1910; he worked in the Tempe area as a ranch laborer. Ramon and Nicolasa Chavez built the house and remained at the address until 1930.Listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.
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The W.A. Moeur House was built in 1910 and is located at 850 S. Ash Ave. W.A. Moeur was the brother of Gov. Benjamin B. Moeur. He assisted in organizing the Tempe School system and was a member of the first Tempe school board. The house is used as a restaurant. The property is listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May, 7, 1984, reference number 84000730.
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The D.J. Frankenberg House was built in 1915 and is located at 2222 S. Price Road in Tempe, Az. This house was built by Don Juan Frankenberg. Frankenberg and his family were pioneers and ranchers in the Tempe area as early as 1888. In 1915, D. J. Frankenberg built this house for his family on the family homestead. That same year, he was selected to experiment with Pima Long Staple Cotton as part of the program with the Government Experimental Farm (USDA) at Sacaton, Arizona. Cotton farming was successful in the Tempe area until the loss of the market in the 1920s. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 2008 reference #07001333.
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The Judd House was built in 1915 and is located at 1208 S. Farmer Ave. in Tempe, Az. This house was built by Alfred and Ellen Bell who acquired a twenty-five-acre farm in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 21 (T1N R4E) in 1914. In 1938, Orion and Anna Judd became the owners of the house.
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The Byron Redden House was built in 1918 and is located at 948 S. Ash Ave. in Tempe, Az. The house was built in 1918 by Charles H. Gable, and was bought by Byron Redden in 1920. Byron Redden was a successful rancher and served 25 years as a zanjero (irrigation canal manager) for the Tempe Canal Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1984 reference #84000738.
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The Selleh House was built in 1925 and is located at 1104 S. Mill Ave. During the Great Depression Joseph “Joe” Selleh played baseball, golf and tennis for ASU. He also coached the baseball, golf and tennis teams. Selleh served as an assistant with the football team. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in November 5, 2005, reference #05001197.
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Sandra Day O'Connor's House built in 1959. O'Connor's house was moved from Paradise Valley, Ariz., to Tempe's Papago Park. (THPR)
Olde Towne Square
- Historic Houses in "Olde Towne Square"
(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
(THPS = Tempe Historic Property Survey)
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The Josephine Frankenberg House was built in 1910 and was originally located at 129 E. University Dr. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1981, reference #81000138. The house was purchased by Josephine Frankenberg in 1919. Josephine nursed many victims back to health during the Great Influenza epidemic in 1918. She rented rooms on the second floor to boarders, mostly single teachers employed at the Normal School. The house remained in her possession until her death in 1949. It was dismantled and rebuilt at 150 S. Ash Ave in 1992 in Tempe's Olde Towne Square. Now lacking integrity of location, this property remains eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under National Park Service Criterion B and C. The house is also listed as "Historic" in the Tempe Historic Property Survey.
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The Samuel C. Long House was built in 1910 and was originally located at 27 E. 6th St. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980, reference #80000765. It was dismantled and rebuilt at 150 S. Ash Ave in 1992 in Tempe's Olde Towne Square. Now lacking integrity of location, this property remains eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under National Park Service Criterion B and C. The house is also listed as "Historic" in the Tempe Historic Property Survey.
The Niels Petersen House
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The Niels Petersen House was built in 1892 and is located at 1414 W. Southern Ave. in Tempe, Az. The house was built in 1892 by Niels Petersen, a Danish immigrant who came to Tempe in 1871. He developed a ranch with substantial land holdings, was president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, co-founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a representative at the 18th Territorial Legislature. Creighton, the architect, worked for many years in Arizona, and among his extant works are the Pinal County Courthouse, Old Main at the University of Arizona, and the Tempe Hardware Building on Mill Avenue in Tempe. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1978 reference #78000553.
Double Butte Cemetery
Among the notable people who are buried in the Double Butte Cemetery of Tempe are the founder of Tempe, two Arizona governors, a United States Senator, a United States Congressman, 5 former Tempe mayors and various prominent pioneers.
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The grave site of Margaret Cummins (1853-1930) and Aaron Cummins (1840-1919). The Cummins were pioneers who acquired the undeveloped lot 10 of block 1 of the Farmers Addition in 1908. There the family built a house which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Cummins' are buried in sec. B.
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The grave of Don J. Frankenberg (1873-1952) and his wife Carrie I. Frankenberg (1882-1963). Don J. Frankenberg was a member of the pioneer Frankenberg family who were ranchers in the Tempe area in 1888. In 1915 he was selected to experiment with Pima Long Staple Cotton as part of the program with the Government Experimental Farm at Sacaton, Arizona. Frankenberg was civic-minded, serving as president of Tempe Union High School and as Trustee of the Tempe Board of Education during the 1920s. He is buried in Sec. 6 -10.
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The grave site of Josephine Frankenberg (? – 1949). Frankenberg was a nurse who nursed many victims of the Great Influenza epidemic of 1918, back to health. In 1919 she purchased a house which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Josephine Frankenberg house. She lived in the house until her death in 1949. Frankenberg is buried in sec. B.
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The grave of Garfield Abram Goodwin (1880-1944). In 1907, Goodwin owned a curio store which was located in a building which he built in Mill Ave. and which is known as the Goodwin Building. He served in various civil service positions in Tempe such as head of the Tempe Beach Committee, Secretary of the Arizona State teachers College Board of Education and as mayor of Tempe from 1924 to 1926. Goodwin is buried in sec. C.
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The grave site of Carl T. Hayden (1877- 1972). Hayden was the first United States Senator to serve seven terms. He served as Arizona’s first representative for eight terms before entering the Senate, Hayden set the record for longest serving member of the United States Congress more than a decade before his retirement from politics. He is buried in sec. B-53
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The Grave site of Estmer W. Hudson (1881-1972). Hudson was instrumental in developing a local cotton industry. In 1920, the California Department of Agriculture dubbed him the "father of cotton" in Arizona.It was Hudson who experimented with a more durable variety of Egyptian cotton, which was introduced in the region as a more disease-resistant strain than grown in the Southeastern states. By 1916, Hudson had successfully developed a new cotton — Pima, an improved strain of Yuma, produced from a hybrid Egyptian cotton. His house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Hudson is buried in sec. 7-7.
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Grave site of Winchester Miller (?-1893). Miller was a pioneer who made his home in Tempe. He was a former soldier in the Confederate Army of the United States who moved to Arizona after the American Civil War ended. Within a few years he had one of the most prosperous farms in the Valley. He was president of the Tempe irrigating Canal Company and served as Maricopa County Sheriff in the 1870s and 80s. He was also a trustee of the Tempe School District # 3. Miller is buried in sec. B.
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The grave site of Byron Alton Redden (1871-1939) and his wife Ida M. Redden (1878-1962). Byron was a rancher and served as zanjero (irrigation canal manager) for 25 years. Redden bought the house, which was built in 1918, in 1920. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Redden's are buried in sec. 4-12
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Grave site of Benjamin Harrison (1871-1936) and Rebecca Scudder (1870-1946). The Scudders moved from Indiana to Tempe, Arizona. Benjamin Scudder became a school teacher and eventually was elected to the City Council. Both he and his wife are credited with the development of affordable housing in the region. Two of their houses are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Scudder's are buried in sec. 4-1-1.