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    Prescott, Arizona Courthouse Plaza Historic District properties survey final report : July, 1987

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    • PRESCOTT, ARIZONA

    COURTHOUSE PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT
    SURVEY




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    PRESCOTT, ARIZONA

    COURTHOUSE PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT
    PROPERTIES S[...]of Prescott
    Nancy L. Burgess, Historic Preservation Specialist
    Rhoda Chapman, Dire[...]al Park Service, under provisions of the National Historic
    Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and as administered in
    Arizona by the State Parks Board through the State Historic
    Preservation Officer •




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    Historic Photographs • . . . . . . . . .[...]19
    Building Identification Map and Arizona
    State Historic Property Inventory Forms . .. . . . .[...]
    [...]y
    The primary objective of the Prescott Plaza Historic District
    Survey was to establish a cohesive a[...]would
    include the research and preparation of Arizona State Historic
    Property Inventory forms for each building, r[...]condition or contributing status, in the Plaza Historic District.
    This district has previously been nominated for and placed on the
    National Register of Historic Places, and that thematic nomination
    is incor[...]rthouse Plaza. The
    Courthouse Plaza Historic District forms a unique cultural and
    historic resource which reflects a sense of cohesiv[...]
    [...]s determined by procedures
    established by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office of
    the Arizona State Parks Board (SHPO) as set forth in their
    publications 11Guidelines for Historic and Architectural Surveys 11
    and 11Training Guide for Completing Arizona Historic Property
    Forms 11 •

    The Evaluation of potentially eligible historic properties was
    based on the 11 National Register of Historic Places Criteria for
    Evaluation" and the draft[...]National Park Service.

    The Courthouse Plaza Historic District Survey was conducted in
    three overla[...]d Surveys, 2) Research, and 3)
    Preparation of Arizona State Historic Property Inventory Forms.




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    Field Surve[...]and age. Since the establishment of a Prescott Preservation
    District is the ultimate goal of the survey,[...]ion {post-1947) were
    subsequently recorded on Arizona Building Inventory 11 Short Forms 11 •
    This[...]merit conditions were subsequently recorded on Arizona State
    Historic Property Inventory forms and subjected to intensi[...]two individually listed properties (U.S. Post Office and Court and




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    Yavapai County C[...]
    [...]gy - Continued
    1.
    2.
    U. S. Post Office and District Court
    Sam'l Hill Hardware[...]l Bank
    11. Masonic Temple
    12. Bank of Arizona
    The survey included an architectural survey a[...]property, which was performed on site by the Historic Preservation
    Specialist and architects G. Garet Hoy and Wi[...]ted in
    the SHPO Training Guide for Completing Arizona Historic Property
    Forms. A further on-site architectural survey and evaluation was
    performed by the Historic Preservation Specialist with the



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    assistance of Roge[...]surveyed. Gold and blue (non­
    shelter) Arizona State Historic Property Inventory forms and
    Arizona Building Inventory "short" forms were completed.[...]ompleted for the survey were submitted to the
    State Historic Preservation Office at the conclusion of the
    project.[...]
    [...]: 1) Sharlot Hall Museum and archives, 2) State of
    Arizona Library and Archives clipping and photo files, 3)[...]nd any pertinent information was added to
    the Arizona State Historic Property Inventory form for each
    property.[...]ded.
    Preparation of Forms: Initially, an Arizona State Historic
    Property Inventory form was designated for ea[...]hose non-contributing properties was begun by the Historic
    Preservation Specialist. Building photographs were taken in early
    June by the Historic Preservation Specialist using Kodak Tri-X
    film in a[...]
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    HISTORIC OVERVIEW




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    Historic Overview - Significant Theme

    A disastrous fire o[...]apai County, one of the four original counties
    in Arizona, and the site of the on-again, off-again Territor[...]men t a l a nd
    commercial development of Northern Arizona. Though the capital
    was permanently mo[...]by the transcontinental railroad across Northern Arizona,
    tne economy was sufficient to support a major re[...]mercial structures.

    Most of the Courthouse Plaza Historic District buildings were
    constructed within[...]
    Historic Overview - Significant Theme (continued)


    Some b[...]ilized.

    For nearly half a century the leaders of Arizona had been thP.
    leaders of Prescott and their leade[...]of the most
    original downtown districts in Arizona, and the common
    determination which resulted[...]escott is one of the reasons the Courthouse Plaza Historic
    District buildings remain today, eighty-se[...]
    [...]I

    COURTHOUSE PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT
    Survey Inventory Master List

    Survey[...]t Name Address Historic Name :ontri bu1
    1 Tune-up[...]
    [...]Name Address Historic Name[...]X

    29 U.S. Post Office & 101 W. Goodwin St. U.S. Post Office X
    Courthouse*[...]ii-Separately listed on National Register of Historic Places Inventory[...]
    [...]I Address Historic Name -I Contributc[...]
    [...]t, Bert, "Early History of the Cattle Industry in Arizona",
    Arizona Historical Review, Volume 6, No. 4, pp. 3-42. 193[...]A.T.
    1864, 1965

    Hill, Myles E. and John S. Goff, Arizona: Past and Present. Cave
    Creek, Arizona: Black Mountain Press. 1970.

    Martin, I.T. Reco[...]ff, Prescott and Douglas". July 1973.
    Progress in Arizona: The State's Crucial Issues. A National
    Endowment for the Humanities Grant. University of Arizona,
    Tucson, Arizona.

    Prescott Courier. Centennial edition, May 15, 1964.

    Sharlot Hall Museum, Clipping and Photo Files

    State of Arizona. Department of Economic Planning & Development,
    Prescott Community Prospectus. February, 1973.

    State of Arizona. Library & Archives. Clipping File.

    Wein[...]Foundation Territorial Architecture of Prescott,
    Arizona, 1978.[...]
    [...]ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]------------
    Historic District USGS QUAD: ____________ ,
    HISTORIC NAME: ____________[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    TDENTIFICATION Courth[...]2
    URVEY AREA NAME: Historic District[...]USGS QUAD:____________
    HISTORIC NAME: Robinson Motors[...]EAVES TREATMENT:plr1in Darnpet
    HISTORIC USE: retail- motor sales[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) J.H. Robinson hired architect Tott[...]or sales rooms, the Robinson
    Company 's new office has a display room of unusual attraction. Plate g[...]on, i(.D.J., Prescott's First Century, 1364-1964, Arizona
    Evening Courier 8/22/27 Pioneers Histo[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED-[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]ai SURVEY SITE: ---- 3
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District: USGS QUAD:-----
    HISTORIC NAME: Rogf"rS Building[...]158 S. Montezuma, Prescott, AZ 6303
    HISTORIC USE: retail/rP.staurant
    PRESENT USE: retai[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY
    T DE NTI FI CATION[...]se Pla za
    URVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:____________
    HISTORIC NAME: §6��9[...]EAVES TREATMENT: p roj ecting bloc k cornice
    HISTORIC USE: Saloon & rooming house
    PRESENT USE: R[...]
    [...]E__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ X OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise): Purchased in 1902 by H. 0. Stuthman and
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) awarded to Amelie Stuthman in divo[...]CBD: -- OTHER:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES: State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Decree, Stut[...]an, Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of
    Arizona, Yavapai County, dated 1/11/08.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centur.z'., 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers Historical Soc., 1 6 3
    Heiner, Melissa R[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District.
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILD ING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]1
    HISTORIC NAME: ------------- T 1 3[...]. s on
    OWNER ADDRESS: 811 Black rlr, Pres cott,AZ
    HISTORIC USE: r P. tai1 - 3 businP. s s spaces
    PRES[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILD ING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]6
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD :-----
    HISTORIC NAME:--------------[...]I
    OWNER ADDRESS: po Box 1433, Prescott, AZ 3630
    HISTORIC USE:_Retail and restaurant
    PRESENT USE: Re[...]
    [...]NVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA B UILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]Y SITE: 7
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Co urthou se Pl a z a Historic Dis -USGS QUAD:-----
    HISTORIC NAME: R ussell B uilding[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]apai SURVEY SITE: 8
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD : ______________ 1
    HISTORIC NAME: Wellington Building T 1[...]l
    HISTORIC USE: Retail/apartment[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. - -
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]9
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:_____________
    HISTORIC NAME: E Block; Bowlaway T 13N R[...]ds
    OWNER ADDRESS:P.O. Box 2354, Prescott AZ 86302
    HISTORIC USE: Clothing Store
    PRESENT USE:--�---'-[...]
    11 HISTORIC BUILDING FORM" SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY
    IDENTIFICATION Courthous[...]SURVEY SITE: --- 10
    Historic District
    SURVEY AREA NAME:------------ USGS QUAD: -------------
    HISTORICHISTORIC
    [...]ATRE-- TRANSPORTATION-- TOURISM-- OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Proeert urchased by C. A. Dake rom[...]CBD: -- OTHER:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centurt, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers Historical
    Society, 1963
    Weiner,[...]�atjooa] Begjster as 12art Qf Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED-[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]avapai SURVEY SITE: 11
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD: --------------
    HISTORIC NAME: Wilson Clothing Company T 14[...]SbJUI
    HISTORIC USE: Retail and Hotel
    PRESENT USE:[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM 11[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEKfY INVENTORY
    cNTIFICATION Courtho[...]USGS QUAD:___________
    HISTORIC NAME: E.A. Kastner Building[...]ain parapet with
    --------------
    HISTORIC USE: retail[...]
    [...]ON__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)-
    L_




    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Piggley Wigglet[...]I
    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    - Arizona Pioneers
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott' Fir[...]YS: National REgister as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FOR M" SHPO INVENTORY NO.-----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    '
    LNTIFICATION Cou[...]USGS QUAD:____________
    HISTORIC NAME: Rashford-Burmister Co[...]EAVES TREATME NT: plain parapet
    HISTORIC USE: retail - Bashford-Burmister[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Bashford-Burmister Company;[...]EvP.ning Courier, 8/28/29
    State of Arizona Library and ARchives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centurt, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers Historical
    Society, 1963
    W[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY
    :NTIFICATION Courtho us[...]r_i_;.ct_;;_ ____ USGS QUAD:___________
    HISTORIC NAME: Bashford-Burmister Co.[...]: plain parapet
    -------------
    HISTORIC USE: retail
    -----------[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Bashforci-Burmi s ter Company;[...]I



    State of Arizona Library and ARchives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centur�, 1864-1964. Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Society, 1963
    Weiner, M[...]: National Register as �art of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    -[...]
    [...]RY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"




    -[...]ict USGS QUAD :
    HISTORIC NAME:[...]Grand lerrace Kd.
    HISTORIC USE: Retail --------------
    PR ESENT U[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    IDENTIFICATION[...]------------
    'URVEY AREA NAME: Historic= District[...]USGS QUAD:____________
    HISTORIC NAME: Union Block -------------[...]EAVES TREATMENT:flat p�rapet with
    HISTORIC USE:-------------- retail[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Bashford family originally owned a[...]CBD: -- OTHER:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centurx, 1864-1964. Arizona Pioneers Historical
    Society, 1963.
    Weiner, M[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED_[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY[...]ATMENT: 0rnRmental brick
    HISTORIC USE: B anking, retail & Profession[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S)

    RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL DEVELOP[...]I
    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of ARizona Library and ARchives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centurt, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Society, 1963.
    Weiner,[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    -[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----

    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY
    '
    , :NTIFICATION[...]-EY AREA NAME: ------------ Historic District USGS QUAD:____________
    HISTORIC NAME:-------------[...]EAVES TREATMENT: flat parapet with
    HISTORIC USE: retail _.;;;....:..;a....:[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) owne d by John H. & William H. Smi[...]I
    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centur1, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical So cietyi 1963.
    W[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM" SHPO INVENTORY NO.-----

    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    :NTIFICATION Courtho[...]USGS QUAD:.___________
    HISTORIC NAME: -------------[...]EAVES TREATMENT: sterped rarapet with
    HISTORIC USE: retai 1- 3 husiness spaces[...]
    [...]RE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM_x _ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) At one time occu pied by John Law[...]I
    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Century, 1364-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Society, 1963.
    Weiner, M[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED_[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    lDENTIFICATION[...]SURVEY SITE: 20
    Historic District
    SURVEY AREA NAME: ------------[...]USGS QUAD: -------------
    HISTORIC NAME: -------------[...]EAVES TREATMENT: plain parapet
    HISTORIC USE: Retail/bakery
    PRESENT USE: Retail/re[...]
    [...]TRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM_x_ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Harry C. Shekels had building[...]SION AS REQUIRED:
    For many years housed the ARizona Bakery. There was a stone bake oven on the[...]CBD: -- OTHER:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Century, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Soci'ety·, 1963.
    Heiner[...]: National Register as �art of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED-[...]
    [...]-
    ARIZONA BUILD ING INVENTORY 11 SHORT FORW[...]Courthouse Plaza
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic 11istrict USGS QUAD:-----
    HISTORIC NAME: Otis Building T 1[...]Y'dl.e Rd
    OWNER ADDRE SS: Grand Terrace, CA 92324
    HISTORIC USE: Retai1 & Profession al of fi c s
    PRES[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]TY: Yavap�i SURVEY SITE: 2?
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:_____________
    HISTORIC NAME:_J_ o_ne_ s_ _Ga_ r?[...], Prescott, AZ 303
    retail
    HISTORIC USE: ---------------
    rPliQio[...]
    [...]VENTORY NO. - -
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]Co11rthouc; e Plaza
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic Oist.rirt USGS QUAD:______________
    HISTORIC NAME ("-i'--'t<.Ly--'1-lal[...]. Cortez

    --------------
    HISTORIC USE: government[...]DING TYPE:--------------
    office
    STYLE: modern government[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILD ING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]Courthouse Plazi'i
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:_______________ ,
    HISTORIC NAME: Cro we'sGrocery Store T 13N[...]OWNER ADDRESS: PO BOX 1950,Prescott, AZ 86302
    HISTORIC USE: grocery store
    PRESENT USE: stc1.t[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. ----

    A RIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY[...]------------
    Historic District USGS QUAD: ___________
    HISTORIC NAME:-------��-----
    Olaf Hel[...]_
    OWNER ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1950, Prescott, AZ 8630
    HISTORIC USE:----=-.:...::...::..:..:.._[...]
    [...]RNMENT-- COMMEMORATIVE
    HISTORIC ENGINEERING-- ARCHITECTURE-- OTHER commerce-[...]advertising
    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS:
    ARCHITECT/ENGINEER/CONT[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    IDENTIFICATION[...]-----
    Historic District[...]USGS QUAD:___ ____ _____
    HISTORIC NAME: City Jail & Fire House[...]EAVES TREATMENT: pressed metal cornice
    HISTORIC USE: Municipal - Cit.y Jail & Fire Holls[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S) Constructed as Cit!'. Jail 2 it al[...]CBD: -- OTHER:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Century, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Society, 1963.
    Weiner,[...]YS: National Register as part of Courthouse Plaza Historic District.
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED[...]
    [...]SHPO INVENTORY NO.
    ARIZONA BUILDING INVENTORY "SHORT FORM"[...]SURVEY SITE: ----27
    SURVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD: _ __________
    HISTORIC NAME: ____________ T___Llf[...]-------------
    0 WNER ADDRESS:
    HISTORIC USE: Stable and garage
    PRESENT USE:[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM"[...]SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY
    ':NTIFICATION[...]RVEY AREA NAME: Historic District[...]USGS QUAD.: __________ _
    HISTORIC NAME: ____________ _ T� R_l!L S_4_ /� ¼ OF T[...]EAVES TREATMENT: plain parapet.
    HISTORIC USE: apartment/store
    PRESENT USE:[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS (be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S)

    RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL DEVELOP[...]I
    BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES:
    State of Arizona Library and Archives clipping file.
    Nelson, K. P. J., Prescott's First Centurt, 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers
    Historical Society, 1963.
    Weine[...]: National Register as �art of Courthouse Plaza Historic District
    NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS:
    LISTED_[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM" SHPO INVENTORY NO.-----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    IENTIFICATION Courthouse[...]: Yavapai SURVEY SITE: 29
    RVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:
    HISTORIC NAME: Prescott Post Office & Courthouse T 13N R.1.\:L_ S_4_ I_Jlli_ ¼ O[...]EAVES TREATMENT:
    HISTORIC USE:
    PRESENT USE:[...]
    [...]ATRE__ TRANSPORTATION__ TOURISM__ OTHER(specify)

    HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS {be concise):
    PROMINENT OCCUPANT/HISTORIC ASSOCIATION(S)

    RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL[...]
    [...]PARK SERVICE

    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
    INVENTORY -NOMINATION FOR[...]DNAME
    HISTORIC
    ' Prescott Post Office and Courthouse
    l ANO/OR CO[...]I
    • Prescott Main Post Office and Federal Court
    I'
    ![...]3
    STATE COD[...]TY CODE
    Arizona 04[...]United States Postal Service, Western Regional Office
    STREET & NUMBER[...]STATE
    San Bruno -NA-[...]STATE
    Prescott[...]Arizona 86301
    IJ REPRESENTATION IN E[...]_ FEDERAL X.sTATE _COUNTY X...LOCAL

    suRvEY RecoRDs Arizona State Historic Preservation Office
    CITY. TOWN[...]STATE
    Phoenix[...]Arizona 85007
    [...]PEARANCE



    The three-story Prescott Post Office and Courthouse is an excellent example of
    Beau[...]al bronze sconces.
    The Prescott Main Post Office has not been altered and is one of the few[...]
    [...]The construction of the Prescott Post Office and Courthouse was an event of major[...]ovision of the courthouse in addition to the post office signified not
    only the federal pr[...]on­
    al seat of county government. The Post Office and Courthouse complements this histor­
    ic[...]ty hall is located on the corner east of the post office. Thus, the
    physical representations of thre[...]Plaza dis­
    trict (which is also a National Historic district).
    LOCAL CONTEXT
    Founded as Arizona's territorial capitol and presently the seat of Y[...]establishment of
    the Territory of Arizona on February 24, 1863; the discovery of gol[...]
    [...]townsite was laid out in May of 1864 and the post office established with
    Hiram Walter Read app[...]e
    that Read was authorized by the Post Office Department to establish a post office in
    Tucson. However, he continued wit[...]rt Whipple was named the military headquarters of Arizona and gold min­
    ing was at its peak. The br[...]01), St. Michael Hotel {1901),
    Bank of Arizona (1901), Prescott National Bank (1901), Levy Build[...]f construction.
    The Prescott Post Office and Court House is located within the Court House Plaza
    Historic District of the Prescott Territorial Buildings Mu[...]square, though not in proximity to the post office. The Prescott City Hall, a modern[...]
    [...]The site authorization for the Prescott Post Office and Court House was provided
    by the Public[...]The construction period of the Prescott Post Office was covered by the Prescott
    Evening Courie[...]ranite facing would be used for the proposed post office. Miss Grace M.
    Spark.es,. Secretary of the[...]Tufa, a native local stone, be used for the post office.
    · Congressman Lewis w. Douglas had just re[...]ounced that bids had been called for the new post office
    and that they were expected by June 15th.[...]he reporter: "Prescott is going to have some post office
    and federal courthouse. And in usin[...]
    [...]rd floors would be used for offices with the post office occupying
    the entire first floor an[...]13 bidders, was contracted to construct the post office. A month later the
    contractors ar[...]ad just completed the Tucson Post
    Office and was also starting one in San Bernardin[...]
    state 1 imestone and granite are to be used inst[...]
    [...]ore opening. It was expected
    that the post office would move in on October 10th, preceeded by the J[...]h that the Courier
    announced that the post office would move over the weekend and be in business the fol­
    lowing Monday. 11 01 d Post Office Being Deserted" was the news of November 14th. Po[...]n A. McNutt would-close the doors of the old post office, which would
    be retired after a quarter ce[...]Block since 1899).

    •New Post Office Building Open" greated the citizens of Prescott on November
    16th. "Prescott's new post office, in a way, has turned the town around. That is to[...]is in the city". "Prescott's _new
    ·post office, it is generally agreed, is one of which to be invnensely proud.· It's like
    -� __ eoteriog the- post· office·-of-·a-big city."
    [...]RE -RELIGION
    _1400-1499 -..ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _LAW[...]OF SIGNIFICANCE


    The Prescott Post Office and Courthouse is a significant example of a late Beaux­
    Arts post office and courthouse. It represents the end of the Beau[...]located immediate­
    ly north of the post office across Goodwin Street. Finally, the building is the first
    federally constructed post office in the city and is a symbol of the federal presen[...]bp�se _ the federal courts as wel 1 as the post office, a. sense of
    · order� reason and 1 ogic[...]n its date, this was one of the
    last post office buildings to be constructed before the changes in[...]tures by the end of the construction of this post office. As such, the
    building is a rare a[...]
    [...]Garret, Billy and Wilson, Marjorie H, Arizona Parks Board, 11 Prescott Territorial
    Buil[...]tos. 1930-1931.
    Sanborn Map, Prescott Arizona, May 1924, p. 3.

    EI!]GEOGRAPHICAL DATA[...]LL STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

    STATE CODE[...]NA
    STATE CODE[...]STATE
    Pasadena, CA 91101[...]NOMINATION
    STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATION[...]STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE
    In compliance with E[...]rty to the National Register. certifying that the State
    Historic Preservation Officer has been allowed 90 days in which to present the nomination to the State Review Board and to
    evaluate its signi[...]evaluated level of significance is __ National __ State __ Local.
    FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNA[...]DATE
    DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    ATTEST:[...]
    [...]Source: Sanborn �1ap, Prescott Arizona, May 1924, 1934, Page 3.[...]OFFICE.[...]
    "HISTORIC BUILDING FORM" SHPO INVENTORY NO. -----
    ARIZONA STATE HISTORIC PROPEIITY INVENTORY
    IDE NTIFICATION Courthous[...]: Yavapai SURVEY SITE: 30
    URVEY AREA NAME: Historic District USGS QUAD:
    HISTORICHISTORIC USE:
    PRESENT USE:[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
    INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM[...]E APPLICABLE SECTIONS

    9JNAME
    HISTORIC
    Yavapai County Cour[...]C0OE
    STATE[...]STATE

    c--0Mt..--t....[...]STATE
    Pres[...]-FEDERAL -STATE _COUNTY -LOCAL
    DEPOSITORY FOR[...]STATE

    JUN 4 1 86
    [...]99
    · -1500-1599
    --ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC
    __.AGRICULTURE[...]t of the early political
    history of Arizona •. It was twice the territorial capital[...]
    [...]Ma azine 1914, 1916
    Arizona, t�e State Magazine January 1924
    'I

    j' Arizona Republic
    !;[...]LL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

    STATE CODE[...]CODE


    STATE CODE[...]DATE
    Arizona State Parks Board[...]STATE
    Phoenix[...]Arizona
    '
    msTATE HISTORICPR�SERV[...]VALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS:
    NATIONAL_ STATE_x_ LOCAL __

    As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservatio·n Act of 1966 (Public Law 8 9-6651.[...]National Park Service.

    STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE ,.Ji•�:::?t[...]DATE
    State Historic Preservation Officer[...]<·· . .
    · ,. , DIRECTOR. OFFICE OFARCHEOLOGYAND HISTORIC PRESERVATION .·.
    AHEST:[...]
    [...]A(CEIVEO
    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
    INVENTORY -- N0r.-HNA TI0N F0R!\1[...]------------------------- --·-
    STATE[...]NTY CODE
    Arizona 0[...]STATE

    ro....t...,t__[...]Arizona
    [...]RECEIVED
    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES[...]Multi-Resource district which are already on the State or
    National Registers.

    State Register
    Hassayampa Inn,[...]
    [...]on the NH slope of Bradshaw t1ountains of Central Arizona
    at an elevation of 5354 feet. Much of the[...]-arid, with distinct seasons.
    Entering the historic section of Prescott from the east, one by-passes[...]ge proportion
    of these buildings date from Arizona's territorial period. Duri"ng that span of nearly[...]of residence during that time.
    Prescott's historic buildings faithfully represent the-town's genesis[...]of the trans-continental railroad across northern Arizona signalled the
    arrival of new buildi[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    lA TIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES[...]
    [...]ELIGION
    - -1400-1499 -ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _LAW[...]STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
    Arizona Territorv was established on the 24th of February[...]rd �lalker party. The pop�lation of
    Arizona at that time included numerous Indian tribes, mos[...]Thousands
    of Anglos had passed through Arizona on their wo.y to California gold fields and some[...]itor/ma'de the political or-
    ..ani,:a_tion of Arizona possible and necessary. Tucson was the only settl[...]g Prescott and many of the streets were named for historic figures.
    The first lots were sold on Ju[...]e still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
    In addition to being the capita[...]osition, Prescott was the scene of many
    Arizona firsts. The year 1864 saw the opening of the firs[...]first sawmill, and the authorization of the Arizona Historici\l Society. The ne\•1spaper[...]in Tubae in the 1850s. In 1865, the first Arizona Masonic Lodge was organized. In 1866,
    .earby Fort Whipple was r:1ade the military headquarters of Arizona, gold mining \'.·as at its
    peak, and P[...]Tucson and the mining
    ____, areas of Southern Arizona had a 1 so been- th riving and in 1867 the[...]
    [...]nese into
    the corrmunity. The previous year, Arizona 1 s first protestant church was established. In[...]Railway
    ,mpleted its line across Northern Arizona and a branch line to Prescott was built in 1886.[...]ailroad created a string of new towns in northern Arizona that became
    trade rivals of Prescott.
    I[...]s
    built in 1889. On the political front, the Arizona Republican Party was organized in Pres­
    cot[...]y, was -a month too late to be the first rodeo in Arizona.
    The turn of the century brought seve[...]
    [...]were used to make the vaults for
    the Bank of Arizona. One of the streetcars was sold to Bisbee and the[...]e economy, but government (including fed-
    - eral, state, county, and municipal) is still the primary empl[...]f t:Pw t·'.exico
    with only a thin veneer in Arizona south of the Gila River. As for Indian bui[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    1'1A TIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES[...]hitectural development in this country.
    This state of affairs was directly related to Prescott's geographic isolation. Travel in
    Arizona during the 1860s and 1870s was arduous, time cons[...]Mode.
    The arrival of the railroad in northern Arizona greatly reduced Prescott's separation from[...]
    [...]different style, the Palace Hotel (147). Bank of Arizona Building (180),.
    and St. Michael Hotel[...]ing centers have taken pressure off of the city's historic core
    without detracting from the utilit[...]ures in the district:
    Bank of Arizona Building
    Knights of Py[...]
    [...]ITEM NUMBER PAGE

    COURTHOUSE .PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT
    Description
    The Courthouse Plaza Historic District is a rectangular area of roughly 17 acre[...]r facades. The Palace Hotel, Masonic Temple, Post Office, and Yavapai County Court­
    house are all produ[...]ssical Revival. St. Michael Hotel and the Bank of Arizona
    Building could be classified as Romanes[...]
    [...]I
    COURTHOUSE PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT
    Statement of Significance:
    The[...]As the county seat for one of the original four Arizona counties, Prescott assumed prom­
    inence as t[...]aracter: it was the setting for several banks and office buildings. Mercan­
    tile houses, gr.ocery sto[...]replacing the courthouse and constructing a post office, no major chan­
    ges took place in the plaza[...]as survived as one of the few of its
    type in Arizona to reach maturity and stabilize •
    [...]LL STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
    !
    STATE[...]COOE


    STATE[...]Natura 1 & Cultural Resource
    Arizona State Parks Board. Conservation Section[...]STATE

    Phoenix[...]Arizona 85007
    [ESTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION[...]VALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS:
    NATIONAL_ STATE __ LOCAL __

    Aa the designated State Historic Preservation Otf1cer for t�e National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 8 9-665i. I
    hereby n[...]/l _,,.,
    STATE HISTORIC PRESE�\IATION OFFICER SIGNATURE[...]OATE
    DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY ANO t-{ISTORIC PRESERVATION
    ATTEST:[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    !eNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
    INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM[...]PAGE l
    State of Arizona. Library & Archives. Clipping File.
    State of Arizona. Department of Economic Planning & Development, P[...]Arizona
    Corrmunity Prospectus. February, 1973.[...]. 1864, 1965.
    Hinton, R. Handbook for Arizona, 1877.
    Martin, I.T. Recollections of Elizab[...]elson, K.J.P. Prescott's First Century 1864-1964, Arizona Pioneers Historical Society,
    1963

    • Pres[...]"Development of Prescott", unpublished MA thesis, Arizona State College
    at Tempe, 1952.
    Waters, Fr[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    '. 'ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.[...]
    [...]RECEIVED
    NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES[...]Area boundary was determined by a combination of historic
    and practical interests. It is intended th[...]eve­
    loped as the City of Prescott during Arizona's territorial period (1863-1912). Thus,
    th[...]by more volunteers prior to submission of
    Arizona State Historic Property Forms. Structures surveyed by the volunt[...]hat the 1924 Sanborn map had included most of the historic resources associated
    with Prescott'[...]
    [...]ZJONA STAl t HISTORIC PROPEKTY INVENTOR[...]the initiative and sophistication of Arizona's pioneer businessmen. The Goldwaters set[...]ventured into Arizona. They first leased Howey Hal I, which was[...]
    _ �ZONA STAi¥ HISTORIC PROPfKfY INVENTOR'L
    Bank of Ar-i z6na
    ◊CA[...]Yava ai

    First National Bank of Arizona
    lo."l'IER' S ADDRESS
    P.O. Box 205
    Presco[...]Bui It 1901
    HYSICAL DESCRIPTION The Bank of Arizona Building is a two story rectangular structure[...]on of the Second Renaissance Revival. The Bank of Arizona has since develo_
    into the First National Bank of Arizona; the building houses one of the bank's bra[...]
    [...]STA�� HISTORIC PROPc.�:rv. INVENTOR[...]Lot 24; Block 9 as a historic landmark, the Prescott Nationa[...]
    [...]_,
    STA1.t · HISTORIC PROPEfu INVENTOR
    Ha rdware[...]reminiscent of com
    mercial design in Arizona during the 1880 1 s. The Sam Hil I Hardw3r[...]
    [...]HISTORIC PROPEkTY. INVENTORy_[...]
    [...];,:')
    .. ,ARIZONA STAl t HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTOR
    e.[...]features motifs associated with the Territory of Arizona.
    Many original interior details are[...]
    ·.. tRIZONA STAli HISTORIC PROPEfu INVENTQRy__
    r.KU
    Masonic Temp[...]1978




    office :[...]hat distinguished
    order to be chartered in Arizona (received 1867). Members of the lodge incl[...]

    MD

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