Sightseeing in Phoenix, Arizona
I like looking at stuff. I started drawing when I was a little kid, and when I discovered Andrew Wyeth in my teens, I really got into just looking at things, especially old buildings. I love the texture of old bricks, I love looking at an old crumbling foundation and pondering the building that had been there. For a long time I carried a sketchbook with me, just in case anyone would walk up to me and ask what I was looking at. In a long life, no one has asked, so I've learned to relax a bit about my looking at stuff.
Of course, the thing I've heard all my life is "there's nothing to look at!", and hearing that makes me sad, because I know that for most people, what I'm seeing, and feeling, is invisible.
I admit to things that I try to cover up in my what I'm doing. If someone asks me what I'm doing, I'm working on my fitness, or trying to save some money by riding the Light Rail. This makes sense to most people, and it's a technique that I learned from John Steinbeck's character Doc from the book "Cannery Row". Doc was the man I wanted to grow up to be. No, not the character from the movie, the character from the book, they were very different. He was a nerdy guy who was interested in looking at stuff, from the tiniest sea life in the tide pools to the entire United States. In the book he decided to walk across the country just to see it. Just to see it. I can understand that, but most people couldn't. They were distrustful of him until he told them that he was doing it to win a bet. Then they understood, and were OK with him.
So I'm doing this to win a bet, or some other reason that most people can understand. Maybe I'm doing this to get rich, or famous. But I do it for the same reason that I like to sightsee. I like to explore. When I can, I do it in real life. When it's raining, I do it in cyberspace, luckily I live in Phoenix, where the weather is almost always beautiful. There's so much to see!
Image at the top of this post. Looking northwest at the Agua Fria River from Lower Buckeye Road. You're looking toward the White Tank Mountains.
By the way, if you're not inclined to just stumble around, here's a list that can get you started:
So I'm doing this to win a bet, or some other reason that most people can understand. Maybe I'm doing this to get rich, or famous. But I do it for the same reason that I like to sightsee. I like to explore. When I can, I do it in real life. When it's raining, I do it in cyberspace, luckily I live in Phoenix, where the weather is almost always beautiful. There's so much to see!
Image at the top of this post. Looking northwest at the Agua Fria River from Lower Buckeye Road. You're looking toward the White Tank Mountains.
By the way, if you're not inclined to just stumble around, here's a list that can get you started:
Individual properties designated with Historic Preservation in the city of Phoenix. The month and year shown is when that particular property was listed on the Phoenix Historic Property Register.
Adams School / Grace Court School
800 W. Adams St.
April 1987; boundary adjustment May 2006 (Construction Date: 1911)
Aldridge (Aubrey & Winstona) House
1326 E. Jefferson St.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1950)
American Legion Post 41
715 S. Second Ave.
November 2007 (Construction Date: 1948)
Anchor Manufacturing Company
525 S. Central Ave.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1928)
Anderson (Helen) House
149 W. McDowell Road
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1920)
Arizona Citrus Growers Association Warehouse
601 E. Jackson St.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1920)
Arizona Museum
Located within University Park between 10th and 12th avenues, Van Buren and Polk streets
April 1989 (Construction Date: 1927)
Arrow Van & Storage Warehouse/Chambers Transer & Storage Company Warehouse Annex
323 W. Jackson St.
October 2001 (Construction Date: circa 1930)
Arvizu’s El Fresnal Grocery Store
310 E. Buchanan St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1900)
Asbury-Salmon House
7801 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: 1934-1935)
Barbara Jean Apartments
212-214 E. Portland St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1927)
Bayless (J.B.) Store # 7
825 N. Seventh St.
November 1998 (Construction Date: 1928)
Betania Presbyterian Church
305 W. Pima St.
October 2007 (Construction Date: circa 1951)
Blake, Moffitt and Towne Janitorial and Paper Supply Company Warehouse
101 E. Buchanan St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1927)
Bobby Brown Cafe 1714-1718 W. Van Buren St.
March 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1930)
Bohn (Louis) House
8001 N. Seventh St. March 2003 (Construction Date: circa 1928)
Boone (Daniel & Clara) House
1720 W. Elm St.
November 2005 (Construction Date: 1940)
Bragg's Pies, Inc.
1301 Grand Ave.
November 2005 (Construction Date: 1946)
Brockway (Dr. George M.) House
506 E. Portland St.
February 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1909)
Bungalow Farm Residence
6413 S. 26th St.
January 1993 (Construction Date: 1935)
Campbell (Rev. Henry M.) House
826 N. Third Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1910)
Carnegie Public Library and Park
1101 W. Washington St.
April 1989; landmark designation March 2004 (Construction Date: 1907)
Cartwright School
5833 W. Thomas Road.
June 2007; (Construction Date: 1924)
Carver (George Washington) High School
415 E. Grant St.
May 1992 (Construction Date: 1926)
Cavness (William E.) House
606 N. Fourth Ave.
November 2004 (Construction Date: 1914)
Central Arizona Light & Power Company Warehouse
501 S. Third Ave.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1928-1929)
Chambers Transfer & Storage Company Central Warehouse
15-39 E. Jackson St.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1925)
Chambers Transfer & Storage Company Warehouse
309 S. Fourth Ave.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1923)
Cisney (George) House
916 E. McKinley St.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1897)
Cobb Bros. Market Warehouse
430 S. Second Ave.
July 2000 (Construction Date: circa 1932)
Coe (H.M.) House
365 N. Fourth Ave.
October 2002 (Construction Date: 1895)
Concrete Block Bungalow
606 N. Ninth St.
February 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1908)
Concrete Block Neoclassical House
614 N. Fourth Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1906)
Concrete Block Neoclassical House
640 N. Sixth Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1911)
Converse (Ralph) House
6617 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: 1935)
Conway (Col. Edward Power) House
7625 N. 10th St.
May 2003 (Construction Date: 1928-1929)
Corpstein Duplex
417 W. Roosevelt St.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1920)
Craftsman Bungalow
1241 E. Roosevelt St.
J une 2006 (Construction Date: 1910)
Cronin (C.P.) House
2029 W. Jefferson St.
October 2002 (Construction Date: 1893)
Del Monte Market
2659 W. Dobbins Road
. August 1992; boundary expansion April 2004 (Construction Date: 1908)
DeMund (Herman P.) House
649 N. Second Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1910)
DeMund (Lester) House
363 E. Monte Vista Road.
August 1992 (Construction Date: 1930)
Dougherty-Peterson House
2141 W. Washington St.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1899)
Douglas (Lewis) House
815 E. Orangewood Ave.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1923)
Dunbar (Paul Laurence) School
701 S. Ninth Ave./707 W. Grant St.
March 2005 (Construction Date: 1925)
Dunlap (Charles H.) House
650 N. First Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1914)
Duppa-Montgomery Adobe
715 S. Second Ave./116 W. Sherman St.
November 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1895)
Eastlake Park
Bounded by 15th, 16th, Jefferson and Jackson streets
June 2005 (Period of Significance: 1890-1949)
El Encanto Apartment Building
2214 N. Central Ave.
December 1990 (Construction Date: 1939)
El Portal Restaurant
701 S. Second Ave./117 W. Grant St.
November 2007 (Construction Date: 1947)
El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium
1502 W. Washington St.
June 1989 (Construction Date: 1921)
Ellis-Shackelford House
1242 N. Central Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1917)
Emerson (Louis) House
623 N. Fourth St.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1902)
England (A.E.) Motors, Inc.
424 N. Central Ave.
May 2006 (Construction Date: 1926)
England-Lawrence House
6234 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: 1929)
Evans (Dr. John M.) House
1100 W. Washington St.
December 1986 (Construction Date: 1893)
Faith Lutheran Church
801 E. Camelback Road.
December 1997 (Construction Date: 1946-1955)
Farish (William A.) House
816 N. Third St.
October 2002 (Construction Date: circa 1900)
Fennemore (Hary M.) House
501 E. Moreland St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1912)
First Baptist Church
302 W. Monroe St.
April 1995 (Construction Date: 1929)
First Presbyterian Church
402 W. Monroe St.
November 1997 (Construction Date: 1927)
Franklin School
1625 W. McDowell Road/1414 N. 16th Dr.
December 2003 (Construction Date: 1926-1927)
Fry Building
146 E. Washington St.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1885)
Gas Works
401 S. Second Ave.
July 2000 (Construction Date: circa 1910)
Gates (Neil H.) House
4602 N. Elsie Ave.
October 1990 (Construction Date: 1929)
General Electric Supply Warehouse
435-441 W. Madison St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1930)
George (Mrs. Leonard) House
6611 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: 1929)
Gerardo’s Building
421 S. Third St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1928)
Gibbes (Carter W.) House
2233 N. Alvarado Road
. April 1987 (Construction Date: 1930)
Good Shepherd Home for Girls
Near the northeast corner of Northern and 19th avenues
. November 1988 (Construction Date: 1942)
Grace Lutheran Church
1124 N. Third St.
November 1997 (Construction Date: 1928)
Grant Park
714 S. Second Ave./701 S. Third Ave.
November 2007 (Construction Date: 1934)
Greystone Apartments
645 and 649 N. Fourth Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1930)
Grier (William & Mary) House
1942 W. Adams St.
November 2007 (Construction Date: circa 1901)
Grunow (Lois) Memorial Clinic
926 E. McDowell Road.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1931)
Halm-Howard House
6850 N. Central Ave.
November 2005 (Construction Date: 1906-1907)
Hanny's
40 N. First St.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1947)
Harmon Park
1425 S. Fifth Ave.
October 2007 (Construction Date: 1927)
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave./22 E. Monte Vista Roa. August 1992 (Construction Date: 1929)
Heard Ranch Grain Silos
In the vicinity of 30th Street and Vineyard Road
March 1993 (Construction Date: 1930)
Hedgpeth Hills Petroglyph Site
Approximately ¼ mile north of the intersection of 43rd Avenue and Beardsley Road.
May 1990 (Period of Significance: AD 700-1050)
Hidden (George) House
763 E. Moreland St.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1896)
Hotel San Carlos
202 N. Central Ave.
June 1987 (Construction Date: 1928)
Hotel Westward Ho
618 N. Central Ave. September 1986 (Construction Date: 1928)
Humbert (William K.) House
2238 N. Alvarado Road
. April 1987 (Construction Date: 1932)
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
909 E. Washington St.
November 1997 (Construction Date: 1928)
Jacobs (Judge Fred C.) House
6224 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: circa 1928)
Jefferson Hotel
101 S. Central Ave.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1915)
Jones (Harry A.) House
7215 N. Central Ave.
November 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1935)
Jones (W.W.) House
1008 E. Buckeye Road.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1879)
Kelly (J.F.) House 44 E. Palm Lane
. August 1992 (Construction Date: 1922)
Kenilworth School
1210 N. Fifth Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1918-1920)
King's Rest Hotel Motor Court
801 S. 17th Ave.
October 1990 (Construction Date: 1937)
Knights of Pythias Building
829 N. First Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1928)
Knipe (Leighton G.) House
1025 N. Second St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1909)
Koontz (Kinter K.) House
7620 N. Seventh St.
March 2003 (Construction Date: 1929)
Lightning Z Ranch House
8702 N. Seventh Ave.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1904-1908)
Lugo (Luis) Bakery
415 (417) W. Sherman St./801 S. Fifth Ave.
November 2007 (Construction Date: 1917)
Luhrs Building
11 W. Jefferson St.
January 1990 (Construction Date: 1924)
Luhrs Tower 45 W. Jefferson St.
January 1990 (Construction Date: 1929)
Maricopa County Courthouse / Phoenix City Hall
125 W. Washington St./17 S. Second Ave.
April 1989; landmark designation March 2004 (Construction Date: 1928-1929)
Masonic Temple
345 W. Monroe St.
October 1996 (Construction Date: 1926)
McClintock (Col. James H.) House
323 E. Willetta St.
October 1990 (Construction Date: 1911)
McKinley School
512 E. Pierce St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1919)
Merryman Funeral Home
817 N. First St.
November 2005 (Construction Date: 1937)
Monroe School
215 N. Seventh St.
May 1987; landmark designation and boundary expansion March 2004 (Construction Date: 1914)
Monterey Ranch Residence
40 E. Carter Road
. July 1993 (Construction Date: 1927)
Montgomery Homestead
1721 S. Seventh Ave.
March 1994 (Construction Date: circa 1880)
Morgan (D.B.) House
8030 N. Central Ave.
November 2005 (Construction Date: 1927)
Morse-Kelley House
2141 W. Madison St. October 2002 (Construction Date: circa 1900)
Murphy (William J.) House
7514 N. Central Ave. / 10 W. Orangewood Ave.
March 1994 (Construction Date: 1895)
Mystery Castle
800 E. Mineral Road
. May 1990 (Construction Date: 1930-1945)
Neighborhood House
6029 S. Seventh St.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1937)
Nevitt (Guy P.) House
507 E. Moreland St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1919)
Norton (Dr. James C.) House
2700 N. 15th Ave.
April 1989 (Construction Date: 1912-1913)
Norton (W.R.) House
2222 W. Washington St.
November 2002 (Construction Date: 1895)
Olney-Ellinwood House
6810 N. Central Ave.
March 2003 (Construction Date: circa 1912)
Ong Yut Geong Wholesale Market WareHouse
502 S. Second St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1930)
Ong's (Jim) Market
1110 E. Washington St.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1928)
Orpheum Theatre
209 W. Adams St.
April 1987; landmark designation March 2004 (Construction Date: 1929)
Osborn (William) House
1266 W. Pierce St. January 1989 (Construction Date: 1890)
Palmer (E. Payne) House
6012 N. Central Ave.
June 1999 (Construction Date: 1929)
Patterson (William H.) Elks Lodge #477
1007 S. Seventh Ave.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1946)
Peirce (Harry E.) House
632 N. Third Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1910)
Pemberton (Sarah H.) House
1121 N. Second St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1920)
Phillips (Lucy) Memorial C.M.E. Church
1415 E. Adams St.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1947)
Phoenix Second Ward L.D.S. Church
1120 N. Third Ave. / 302 W. Latham St.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1929-1932)
Phoenix Elementary School District No. 1 Administration Building
331 N. First Ave.
October 1996 (Construction Date: 1917)
Phoenix Housing Authority
1301 S. Third Ave.
October 2007 (Construction Date: 1941)
Phoenix Seed & Feed Company Warehouse
411 S. Second St.
March 2004 (Construction Date: circa 1905)
Phoenix Union Station
401 W. Harrison St.
December 1986 (Construction Date: 1923)
Pierce (N. Clyde) House
4505 E. Osborn Road.
May 1990 (Construction Date: 1927)
Pieri-Elliot House
767 E. Moreland St.
June 1997 (Construction Date: 1920-1922)
Pinney (William & Nathalie) House
1938 (1930) W. Adams St.
November 2007 (Construction Date: circa 1899)
Pratt-Gilbert Building
200 S. Central Ave. / One W. Madison St.
October 2001 (Construction Date: 1913)
Professional Building
137 N. Central Ave. / 15 E. Monroe St.
January 1993 (Construction Date: 1931)
Progressive Builders Association
2019 E. Broadway Road
. June 2005 (Construction Date: 1953)
Pueblo Revival Residence
8048 (8050) S. 14th St.
March 2008 (Construction Date: 1930)
Pueblo Revival Residence
46 E. Greenway Road
. July 1993 (Construction Date: 1926)
Pugh (Charles) House
356 N. Second Ave.
September 2003 (Construction Date: 1897)
Rancho Joaquina House
4630 E. Cheery Lynn Road.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1924)
Rancho Ko-Mat-Ke House
1346 E. South Mountain Ave.
April 1989 (Construction Date: 1925)
Rehbein Grocery
1227-1231 Grand Ave.
November 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1920-1927)
Roberts (Oscar) House
2004 W. Madison St.
October 2002 (Construction Date: 1893)
Roosevelt Community Church
924 N. First St.
September 2004 (Construction Date: 1925)
Rosson (Dr. Roland L.) House
115 N. Sixth St.
Landmark designation March 2004 (Construction Date: 1894-1895)
Sachs-Webster Farmstead
Located at the southwest corner of 75th Avenue and Baseline Road.
December 2003 (Construction Date: circa 1909)
Sacred Heart Church
801 S. 16th St.
October 2007 (Construction Date: 1954-1956)
St. Mary's Basilica
231 N. Third St.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1903-1913)
Santa Fe Freight Depot
501 W. Jackson St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1929)
Santa Rita Center
1017 E. Hadley St.
October 2007 (Construction Date: circa 1962)
Scorpion Gulch
10225 S. Central Ave.
October 1990 (Construction Date: 1936)
Seargeant-Oldaker House
649 N. Third Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: 1911)
Security Building
234 N. Central Ave.
July 1987 (Construction Date: 1927-1928)
Sedler (John) House
1204 E. Roosevelt St.
February 2005 (Construction Date: 1912)
Shell Oil Company
425 S. 16th Ave.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1925)
Sierra Vista
6802 S. 28th St.
March 1993 (Construction Date: 1913)
Sixth Avenue Hotel / Windsor Hotel
546 W. Adams St.
June 1987 (Construction Date: 1893; remodeled circa 1935)
Skinner (E.W.) House
917 E. Roosevelt St.
October 2002 (Construction Date: circa 1899)
Smith (Walter Lee) House
7202 N. Seventh Ave.
May 2003 (Construction Date: 1928)
Smurthwaite House
1317 W. Jefferson St.
Landmark designation March 2004 (Construction Date: 1897)
Sotelo-Heard Cemetery
Located southeast of the intersection of 12th Street and Broadway Road.
October 2007 (Construction Date: circa 1896)
Southwest Cotton Company/Karlson Machine Works
605 E. Grant St.
June 2005 (Construction Date: circa 1918)
Spanish Colonial Revival Residence
47 E. Carter Road.
March 2008 (Construction Date: circa 1927)
Spanish Colonial Revival Residence
133 E. Carter Road. July 1993 (Construction Date: 1930)
Spanish Colonial Revival Residence
333 E. Carter Road. July 1993 (Construction Date: 1916)
Spanish Colonial Revival Residence
1200 W. South Mountain Ave.
March 2008 (Construction Date: circa 1926)
Spanish Colonial Revival Residence
6451 S. 28th St.
March 2008 (Construction Date: circa 1930)
Stag Hotel / Patio Hotel
27 W. Madison St.
October 2001 (Construction Date: 1931)
Stoddard-Harmon House
801 N. First Ave.
September 1986 (Construction Date: circa 1910)
Storage Warehouse (Ice House)
429 W. Jackson St.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1910-1916)
Stoughton (Ralph H.) Estate
805 W. South Mountain Ave.
May 1990; boundary adjustment June 2006 (Construction Date: 1930-1931)
Strong (Walter) Residence
2501 E. Baseline Road.
March 1993 (Construction Date: 1933)
Stubbs (Courtney and Hilda) House
1245 E. Ocotillo Road.
February 2006 (Construction Date: circa 1928)
Sun Mercantile Building
232 S. Third St. March 1987 (Construction Date: 1929)
Swindall Tourist Inn
1021 E. Washington St.
October 1996 (Construction Date: 1913)
Temple Beth Israel/First Chinese Baptist Church
122 E. Culver St.
June 2006 (Construction Date: 1921-1922)
Title & Trust Building
112 N. First Ave. / 114 W. Adams St.
May 1987 (Construction Date: 1931)
Tovrea Castle
5041 E. Van Buren St.
December 1990, landmark designation and boundary expansion March 2004
(Construction Date: 1928-1931)
Tovrea Land and Cattle Co. Administration Building/Stockyards Restaurant
5009 E. Washington St.
March 2004 (Construction Date: 1947; rebuilt 1953-1954)
Tudor Revival Residence
120 E. Carter Road
July 1993 (Construction Date: 1936)
Tudor Revival Residence
106 E. Greenway Road
. July 1993 (Construction Date: 1931)
Tudor Revival Residence
1600 W. Colter St.
March 2003 (Construction Date: circa 1925)
Tweed (Judge Charles A.) House
1611 W. Fillmore St.
September 1988 (Construction Date: circa 1880)
U.S. Post Office / Federal Building
522 N. Central Ave.
October 1990 (Construction Date: 1932-1936)
University Park Bath House
Located within University Park between 10th and 12th avenues, Van Buren and Polk streets
April 1989 (Construction Date: 1934)
Vernacular Farm Residence
2956 E. Southern Ave.
August 1992 (Construction Date: 1915)
Vernacular Residence
818 S. First Ave.
October 2002 (Construction Date: circa 1885)
Wakelin (E.S.) Grocery Company Warehouse
440 W. Jackson St.
July 2000 (Construction Date: 1913)
Walker (J.W.) Building / Central Arizona Light & Power Company
300 W. Washington St. / 30 N. Third Ave.
October 1996 (Construction Date: 1920)
Washington (Booker T.) School
1201 E. Jefferson St.
June 2005 (Construction Date: 1928)
Wastewater Treatment Plant Control Building
2301 W. Durango St.
October 1992 (Construction Date: 1931)
Webster Auditorium
Located within Papago Park
October 1989 (Construction Date: 1939)
Western Wholesale Drug Company Warehouse
101 E. Jackson St.
July 1987 (Construction Date: 1925)
Whitney (J.T.) Funeral Chapel
330 N. Second Ave.
April 1987 (Construction Date: 1926)
Whittier (John G.) School
2000 N. 16th St.
March 2005 (Construction Date: 1929)
Wormley (Dr. Lowell) House
1910 E. Broadway Road
. June 2005 (Construction Date: 1949)
Wrigley (William Jr.) Mansion
2501 E. Telawa Trail
. May 1990 (Construction Date: 1930)
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