List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona
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This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments in Mesa, Arizona.

Mesa[edit]

Mesa is a city in Maricopa County located east of Phoenix. Mesa is the third largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson.

There are numerous properties in Mesa which are historical and which have either been listed in the National Register of Historic Places or in the list of the Mesa Historic Properties. The Mesa Historic Preservation Program, established by the city, facilitates public knowledge understanding and appreciation of the City's historic past.^[1][2][3]

The city of Mesa cannot keep the private owners of the properties from demolishing them. Before a structure in a historic district or landmark can be demolished it must receive approval from the Historic Preservation Officer. A permit of demolishment will be provided if the property represents an immediate hazard. Other requests will be denied for a period of six months, in which time the Historic Preservation Officer will look for ways to save the structure. The structure may be demolished if at the end of the six months a plan to save the structure has not been established ^[4][5]

Included and pictured in this list are the historic properties which are located in what once was Williams Air Force Base. The base was once an active training base for the United States Army Air Forces, which later became the United States Air Force. The base closed in 1993. Part of the base was annexed by Mesa and the other part by the city of Phoenix. The area in which the base was located has been converted into a civilian airport called the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and an educational campus anchored by the Arizona State University and Chandler-Gilbert Community College.^[6]

The following are images of some of these properties with a short description of the same.

Buildings and Houses of religious worship[edit]

The following buildings and houses of religious worship which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and/or the Mesa Historic Properties are pictured in this section with a brief description of the same.^[4]

• The replica of the original Lehi School was built in 1880.


• The Lehi School, built in 1913. Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event, Architect, builder, or engineer: WPA, Architectural Style: Moderne, Mission/Spanish Revival, Area of Significance: Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Education. Period of Significance: 1950–1974, 1925–1949, 1900–1924.


• The Alhambra Hotel which was originally built in 1893 and reconstructed in 1922. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1991.


• The Mesa Women's Club, built in 1931 (NRHP) Historic Significance: Event, Area of Significance: Social History, Period of Significance: 1925-1949.


• The Post Office/Federal Building, built in 1937, (MHP).


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  Irving School was built in 1936 and it is located at 155 N. Center St. The Irving School is a rare surviving example of Federal Modern style architecture applied to an elementary school. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 2000, reference number 00001323.


• The Buckhorn Baths Motel was built in 1939 and is located at 5900 Main St. in Mesa. The Buckhorn Baths Motel is a complex consisting of fourteen buildings including a bathhouse, a main office building, and individual room units. The motel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2005, reference number #05000421.


• Individual room units of The Buckhorn Baths Motel .


• The Information Technology Department Building was built in 1959 and is located at 59 E. 1st St. It was built as the Mesa Public Library, it is an early example of post-World War II modern formalism architecture. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.


• The First United Methodist Church was built in 1894 and is located at 15 E. First Ave. The Methodist Church is the oldest one still in continuous use in Mesa. In 1893, Dr. E.W. Wilbur paid $300 dollars for two parcels where the church was to be built. In 1893, the church was chartered and its’ first constructed in 1894. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.


• The Mount Calvary Baptist Church was built in 1918 and is located at 1720 E. Broadway Ave. Mt. Calvary Baptist Church is the oldest predominantly Black Church in Mesa. In 1918, the late Reverend J.B. Bell organized the mission into a formal church. These early members gave the church the name it bears today, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. The church is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.


• The Mesa Arizona Temple was built in 1919. This temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the namesake of, and central structure in the Historic Mesa Temple District, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


• The Queen of Peace Church was built in 1947 and is located at 141 N MacDonald Rd. It is a non-Indian parish that has had a few Maya Indian parishioners.

Houses[edit]

The following is a brief description of the houses pictured in this section.

• The Sirrine House was built in 1896 Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Architect, builder, or engineer: Sirrine, Joel E., Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Area of Significance: Architecture, Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899.


• The Angulo-Hostetter House was built in 1902 (NRHP) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Area of Significance: Architecture, Period of Significance: 1925–1949, 1900–1924.


• The Strauch-Fuller House, built in 1906 (NRHP) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown, Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Revival, Area of Significance: Architecture, Period of Significance: 1900-1924.


• The Robert Scott House was built in 1909 and is located at 2230 E. Grandview St. in Mesa. The residence belonged to Robert Scott, a wealthy Mesa sheep farmer and large landowner, who was a co-founder of the Salt River Bank. The Scott House originally stood within the original Mesa townsite on the corner of First and Sirrine Streets, and when completed was among the few large formal residences in Mesa. Commercial expansion and downtown redevelopment projects during the past twenty years have changed the character of the townsite area. The original site of the Scott House was sold for commercial development in 1972, and the house was subsequently moved six miles to a residential subdivision where it is now located. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1982, reference #82002079.


• The Spangler-Wilbur House, built in 1915, (NRHP) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Architect, builder, or engineer: Home Builders Inc., Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Area of Significance: Architecture, Period of Significance: 1900-1924.


• The James A. Macdonald House, built in 1916-1918 (MHP). Macdonald was an early Mesa Pionee. He was a former police officer, farmer, and builder and helped in the construction of the Arizona LDS Temple.


• The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House, built in 1920 (NRHP). The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House is associated with the history of the development of the African American community in Mesa. The house served as Dr. Alston’s office while practicing medicine in Mesa.


• The Mesa Journal--Tribune FHA Demonstration Home. Also known as Charles A. Mitten Home. Area of Significance: Commerce, Community Planning And Development; Period of Significance: 1925-1949 (NRHP).


• The Fitch Farm House was built in 1933 and is located at 945 N. Center Street. The farm belonged to Larkin Fitch. He married Mildred Dobson, daughter of John Dobson. Larkin Fitch played a prominent role in the farming industry in Mesa. The Fitch Farm House is an example of a Tudor Revival style house (MHP).


• The Ramon Garcia Mendoza House was built in 1944 and is located at 126 N. Pomeroy Lane. Ramon Garcia Mendoza was the first Hispanic Chief of Police in Mesa. He became a police officer in a time when segregation was still practiced in the City. Mendoza was appointed Police Chief in 1969 and served as such until his retirement in 1978. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.


• The Ponderosa II House (Lorne Greene's house) was built in 1960 and is located at 602 S. Edgewater Dr. The house was built by actor Lorne Greene, who played Ben Cartwright, the patriarch of the Cartwright family in the popular 1960s TV series “Bonanza”. The house is a replica of Bonanza’s Ponderosa Ranch House. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register and on June 25, 2018, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, ref. #100002146.

Williams Air Force Base[edit]

Williams Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located in the city of Mesa. It was active as a training base for both the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the USAF from 1941 until its closure in 1993. Williams was the leading pilot training facility of the USAF, supplying 25% of all pilots.^[7]

The following are the images of the remaining structures of the historic base with a brief description of the same.^[4]

• The Housing Storage Supply Warehouse at Williams Air Force Base (now Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus). The housing supply warehouse was constructed in December 1941 by Del E. Webb Construction Company. The housing supply warehouse is significant for its association with the initial development and construction at Williams Air Force Base. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places – 1995. Reference 95000746.


• The Water Tower at Williams Air Force Base (now Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus). The water tower was constructed in the winter of 1941-1942 by the Del E. Webb Construction Company. The water tower possesses the associative quality that connects it to the history of Williams Air Force Base. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places – 1995. Reference 95000745


• The Flagpole was built in December 1941, the Base Flagpole is significant as an object for its important symbolic and traditional associations with the origins and history of Williams Air Force Base. The pole was erected by Del E. Webb Construction Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places – 1995 Reference 95000744.


• The Demountable Hangar is located at the North Apron. Built in 1925 and designed by Webb, Del E., Construction Company to resemble an enlisted aviator badge of the Army Air Force. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, ref. #95000743.


• The Ammo Bunker (S-1007) is located Southwest of Vosler Dr. (formerly Alaska Dr.), at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus . Built in 1925 by Webb, Del E., Construction Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places ref: 95000748.


• The Ammo Bunker (S-1008) also located Southwest of Vosler Dr. (formerly Alaska Dr.). Built in 1925 by Webb, Del E., Construction Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places ref: 95000759.


• The Civil Engineering Maintenance Shop also known as S-735, located in Unity Ave. (Jct. of 11th and A Sts.), at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus (Formally Williams AFB), Mesa, Arizona. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, ref: #95000747.

Mesa Grande Ruins[edit]

The Mesa Grande Cultural Park contains the excavated remnants of a large Hohokam public and ceremonial mound that was occupied from approximately 1100 to 1450. It is located at 1000 N. Date St. The Mesa Grande Cultural Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1978, reference number 78000549. ^[8] The following is a brief description of the images posted.

• The Mesa Grande Temple Mound is located in the Mesa Grande Cultural Park Built by the Hohokam in 1100 AD. The walls are made of “caliche”, the calcium carbonate hardpan that forms under the desert soils. The mound is longer and wider than a modern football field (note: U.S. Football) and is 27 feet high.


• A large plaza in front of the Mesa Grande Temple Mound which was enclosed by a large adobe wall.


• One of the two largest networks of irrigation canals created in the prehistoric Americans by the Hohokam.


• A Replica of the Mesa Grande Hohokam Ballcourt . The ballcourt is an open-air structure where the Hohokam played ballgames using a rubber ball made from a local plant.

Mesa Grande Cultural Park

Entrance of the Mesa Grande Cultural Park

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  The Mesa Grande Temple Mound .
  

  
  

  
  


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  Different view of the Mesa Grande Temple Mound.
  

  
  

  
  


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  A large plaza in front of the Mesa Grande Temple Mound.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Irrigation canal.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Replica of the Mesa Grande Hohokam Ballcourt .
  

  
  

  
  

Park of the Canals[edit]

Park of the Canals

Entrance to the Park of the Canals located at 1710 N Horne Ave.and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 1975, reference number 75000350.

(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
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  Park of the Canals National Register of Historic Places Marker.
  

  
  

  
  


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  This is an ancient Hohokam canal cleaned out by the Mormon pioneers in 1875.
  

  
  

  
  


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  This is a prehistoric canal built by the Hohokams.
  

  
  

  
  

City of Mesa Cemetery[edit]

The City of Mesa Cemetery is a historic cemetery which was established in 1891 and is located at 1212 N. Center Street. Among the many notable citizens of that city which are interred there are the four founding fathers of Mesa:^[9]

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  Charles Crismon (1805–1890)


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  Francis Martin Pomeroy (1822–1882)


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  Charles Innes Robson (1837–1894)


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  George Warren Sirrine (1818–1902). His house, the "Sirrine house", is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reference number 95001082.

City of Mesa Cemetery

Entrance to the City of Mesa Cemetery

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  Grave of Charles Crismon, Block #76.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Grave of Francis Martin Pomeroy, Block #72.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Grave of Charles Innes Robson (1837–1894), Block #72.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Grave of George Warren Sirrine, Block #82.
  

  
  

  
  

Further reading[edit]

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  Mesa (Images of America: Arizona); by Lisa A. Anderson and Alice C. Jung; Publisher: Arcadia Publishing; .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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See also[edit]

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• National Register of Historic Places listings in Phoenix, Arizona


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