Phoenix Nineteenth Century Architecture, Thematic Survey of Pre-1900 Construction, City of Phoenix

Woodward Architectural Group

From introduction: "In May, 1990, Janus Associates, Inc. entered into a consultant contract with the City of Phoenix, Planning Department, Historic Preservation Section, to conduct an in-depth survey of historic resources related to three thematic categories. The three themes are: 1. Nineteenth Century Construction: A documentation of all surviving buildings and structures built prior to the end of 1900. 2. Historic Public and Institutional Buildings: documentation of all historic schools, churches public buildings within the community. 3. Agricultural Heritage Resources: A documentation of early farmsteads, homesteads and their associated structures, as well as other residential development associated with early twentieth century agricultural development in Phoenix. The geographic area for the three surveys was city-wide and included 422 square miles within the jurisdictional boundary of the City of Phoenix. 422 square miles is 270,080 acres. The final product of these surveys is three separate reports or documents outlining the methodology, results, and historic property inventory for each thematic category, as well as written narratives discussing the significance of each theme. Each thematic survey produced two inventory lists for each category of resource. The first list is identified as the Inventory of Previously Documented Resources and includes a comprehensive inventory of all existing resources associated with that theme including those that 1) had been previously inventoried in other Historic Building Surveys, and 2) were already listed on the National Register. The second inventory list found in each of the three reports includes the buildings that were documented as part of this survey. Identified as the Inventory of Historic Buildings (by Theme) For This Survey, its purpose is to separate the survey work undertaken by this project from work previously undertaken. Inventory forms for the two categories are similarly separated." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Phoenix Nineteenth Century Architecture, Thematic Survey of Pre-1900 Construction, City of Phoenix

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