Phoenix: Rural and Estate Architecture, Thematic Survey of Historic Rural and Estate Architecture, 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. However, for this thematic survey, representing Agriculture Heritage Resources, only one inventory list was utilized. Identified as the Rural and Estate Architecture Master Inventory, this list includes buildings that were documented as part of this particular survey. This list is further subdivided into four separate quadrants based on geographical areas using Central Avenue and Camelback Road as dividing lines. Each quadrant has also been assigned its own range of inventory numbers as follows: Northeast Quadrant (500s), Southeast Quadrant (600s), Southwest Quadrant (700s), and Northwest Quadrant (800s). While one previous survey has been undertaken in Phoenix which specifically identified agricultural related resources, namely the South Mountain Agricultural Area Historic Resources Survey (geographical boundaries included that area of Phoenix south of Baseline Road),a list of the buildings it documented was not reproduced in this survey. Consequently, for information concerning agricultural related buildings in Phoenix located south of Baseline Road, the South Mountain Agricultural Area Historic Resources Survey (Ryden Architects, 1989) should be consulted." 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: Rural and Estate Architecture, Thematic Survey of Historic Rural and Estate Architecture, City of Phoenix

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