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Lee Mason Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh & Byron was an architectural partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, whose partners were Lee Mason Fitzhugh (1877–1937) and Lester A. Byron (1889–1963). The firm, along with architect Henry Trost in Tucson and George Washington Smith in Ajo, Arizona, is given credit for adobe style revival in the state. The firm was established in 1910, when architect Thornton Fitzhugh returned to Los Angeles, leaving his brother, Lee Fitzhugh, in change of the office. Fitzhugh & Fitzhugh, architects, was the result. A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Architectural works * J. W. Walker Building, 10 N. 3rd Ave. & 300 W. Washington St., Phoenix (1920) * Valley Field Riding and Polo Club, 2530 N. 64th St., Scottsdale (1924) * Rancho Joaquina (J. E. Thompson House), 4630 E. Cheery Lynn Rd., Phoenix (1924) * Craig Mansion, 131 E. Country Club Dr., Phoenix (1925) * Dunbar School, 707 W. Grant St., Phoenix, (1925) * First Church of Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people . Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, both by population and size, of the Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion. Phoenix was settled in 1867 as an agricultural community near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers and was incorporated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carver High School (Phoenix, Arizona)
Carver High School (Full name George Washington Carver High School, formerly known as Phoenix Union Colored High School) was a high school in Phoenix, Arizona, established for the benefit of African-American ("colored" under the terminology of the day). The school's building was the only one ever built exclusively to serve African American high school students in Arizona. Historic site The school was built on the site of a former four-acre landfill, and was surrounded by warehouses. Students who attended classes at the school said the school was built in between the two African American communities south of Downtown Phoenix at the time, and was strategically placed to serve as many African American students as possible. The site of the school was purchased for $10,500 in 1925. There were initial protests to the location, due to its proximity to industrial and contaminated area. Even the school board admitted at the time that the location will require "watchmen to protect child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Grunow Residence
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named '' Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic
Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul the Apostle mentions Lois, the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy in the Second Epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular, particularly in North America, during the first half of the 20th century. Notable women * Lois Bryan Adams (1817-1870), American writer, journalist, newspaper editor * Lois McMaster Bujold, author * Lois Capps, congresswoman * Lois Chiles, actress * Lois Collier, actress * Lois Ehlert, writer * Lois Hole, lieutenant governor of Alberta (2000–2005) * Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer * Lois Kolkhorst, American politician * Lois M. Leveen, author * Lois Lilienstein, singer * Lois Long, writer for The New Yorker * Lois Lowry, author * Lois Maffeo (''Lois''), musician * Lois Maxwell, actress * Lois McCallin, athlete * Lois McConnell, lead sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendale, AZ
Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located approximately northwest of Downtown Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 248,325. History In the late 1800s the area that is now Glendale was all desert. William John Murphy, a native of New Hartford, New York, who resided in the town of Flagstaff in what was then the territory of Arizona, was in charge of building the Arizona Canal from Granite Reef to New River for the Arizona Canal Company. In 1885, he completed the canal, which would bring water to the desert land. Murphy was deep in debt, since he had agreed to be paid in Arizona Canal Company stock and bonds and land instead of cash. In 1887, Murphy formed the Arizona Improvement Company. His objective was to sell the land and water rights south of the canal. Murphy raised capital from out of state sources in order to meet payroll and construction expenses. Murphy decided to refer to this land as "Glendale". In order to develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Methodist Episcopal Church Of Glendale Sanctuary
The First United Methodist Church of Glendale, formerly known as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale in historical documents, is a United Methodist church located at 7102 N. 58th Dr. in downtown Glendale, Arizona, and was built during 1928–29. Its sanctuary, with its linked administration wing, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 for its architecture. It is an east-facing Gothic Revival style church with a projected entryway through a Gothic arch. A castellated bell tower rises on its north side. It is connected to the south to a previously-built brick administration wing (1923) by an enclosed porch and a loggia.The nomination states that the bell tower is at the northeast corner of the sanctuary, which is confirmed in photos. It states, apparently erroneously, that the bell tower is at the south end of the entryway. Its exterior walls are brick, with occasional clinker brick Clinker bricks are partially-vitrified bricks used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Baptist Church (Phoenix, Arizona)
The First Baptist Church at in Phoenix, Arizona, was built in 1929. While local architects Fitzhugh & Byron Fitzhugh & Byron was an architectural partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, whose partners were Lee Mason Fitzhugh (1877–1937) and Lester A. Byron (1889–1963). The firm, along with architect Henry Trost in Tucson and George Washington Smith in ... "prepared the working drawings and supervised the building's construction," it was mainly designed by supervising architect George Merrill "of the Department of Architecture of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York." It was designed in an Italian Gothic style, but includes Moderne and other architectural elements. First Baptist Church moved to a new location in 1968.http://www.monroestreetabbey.org/history/ References External links * {{Phoenix, Arizona Churches in Phoenix, Arizona Baptist churches in Arizona Churches completed in 1929 National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, Arizona Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkdale High School
Mingus Union High School is a high school in Cottonwood, Arizona. It is one of two high schools in the Mingus Union High School District. The other school, Mingus Online Academy, is a computer based alternative school at the same location. Mingus Union High School is a Title I school serving the Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Beaver Creek, and Sedona areas. History There were once three separate high schools in the Verde Valley of Arizona — Jerome, Clarkdale and Cottonwood. In 1950, Jerome and Clarkdale consolidated into "Mingus High School", and in 1958, Cottonwood High School was added, creating the new Mingus Union High School. Citizens pushed to create a new high school district instead of consolidating both the Jerome-Clarkdale and Cottonwood school districts completely. This happened in 1957 and 1958. The school district briefly took the "Union High School District" name, but this was changed to the present Mingus Union before the district became official. The high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkdale, AZ
Clarkdale ( Yavapai: Saupkasuiva) is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The Verde River flows through the town as does Bitter Creek, an intermittent tributary of the river. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town was 4,097. Clarkdale, formerly a mining town, is now largely a retirement community and arts community. History Clarkdale was founded in 1912 as a company smelter town by William A. Clark, for his copper mine in nearby Jerome. Clarkdale was one of the most modern mining towns in the world, including telephone, telegraph, electrical, sewer and spring water services, and was an early example of a planned community. The Clark Mansion, a local landmark, was built in the late 1920s by William Clark III, Clark's grandson and heir to the United Verde Copper Company. The structure, east of town across the Verde River near Pecks Lake, was destroyed in 2010 by a fire of "suspicious" origin. The town center and business district were built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Memorial Clubhouse
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. ''Clark'' evolved from " clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. ''Clark'' is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable. According to the 1990 United States Census, ''Clark'' was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files/dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2021-07-27. Notable people with the surname include: Disambiguation pages *Anne Clark (other), multiple people * Brian Clark (other), multiple people *Camer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Church Of Christ, Scientist (Phoenix, Arizona)
Roosevelt Community Church, formerly First Church of Christ, Scientist, Phoenix, is an historic church building located at 924 North First Street, in Phoenix, Arizona. On August 10, 1993, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The previous First Church congregation now holds services at 830 North Central Avenue. See also * List of Registered Historic Places in Arizona This is a directory of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona. There are about fourteen hundred listed sites in the state, and each of its fifteen counties has at least ten listings on the National R ... * List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings * First Church of Christ, Scientist (other) References External links Downtown Phoenix Journal: 924 N 1st. StRoosevelt Community Church websiteFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, Phoenix website {{DEFAULTSORT:Roosevelt Community Church Churches in Phoenix, Ariz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
