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Stevens-Haustgen House
The Stevens-Haustgen House at 614 East Adams Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona is part of Heritage Square, a collection of historic houses anchored by the Rosson House. The land was originally part of the Rosson House property, which was subdivided in 1897. This lot was sold to Mary V. Hughes, who also purchased other lots. Hughes sold it to Constance Stevens in 1900. In 1900 or 1901 this Victorian cottage was built as a rental property. The house was bought in 1904 by the firm of Akers and Tritle, who in turn sold it to Edward Haustgen of Luxembourg in 1911, who, with his sister Anna and Marguerite continued to operate it as a rental property. The Haustgens owned other properties which are now part of Heritage Square, as well as in other locales in the area. The house was formerly the home of the Arizona Doll & Toy Museum, which subsequently relocated to Glendale. The house is now operated as Heritage Gallery, which hosts rotating art exhibits. The Stevens-Haustgen Hous ...
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Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is the central business district (CBD) of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics, justice and government on the local, state and federal levels. The area is a major center of employment for the region, with many financial, legal, and other national and international corporations housed in a variety of skyscrapers. Major arts and cultural institutions also call the area home. Downtown Phoenix is a center of major league sports activities, live concert events, and is an equally prominent center of banking and finance in Arizona. Regional headquarters for several major banks, including JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, US Bank, Bank of America, Compass Bank and Midfirst Bank are all located within or close proximity to the area. The City of Phoenix defines Downtown as t ...
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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 ...
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Heritage And Science Park
Heritage and Science Park, located between East Monroe, East Washington, North 5th and North 7th Streets in downtown Phoenix, Arizona includes Heritage Square – a historic site anchored by the Rosson House – the Arizona Science Center, and the building of the former Phoenix Museum of History. History Heritage Square sits on the last remaining residential block of the original site of the town of Phoenix. It tells the story of how Phoenix residents lived before Arizona became a state. It is also home to restaurants and a museum shop. Preservation efforts for Heritage Square began in the 1970s when then Mayor John D. Driggs stepped in to preserve the Rosson House. Architect Robert Frankeberger designed the park, which was designated "Historic Heritage Park". In 1976, preservation and restoration of the historic homes and the addition of the Lath House began, and the park opened in 1980. The majority of Heritage Square was added to the National Register of Historic P ...
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Rosson House
Rosson House, at 113 North 6th Street at the corner of Monroe Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a historic house museum in Heritage Square. It was built between 1894 and 1895 in the Stick-Eastlake - Queen Anne Style of Victorian architecture and was designed by San Francisco architect A. P. Petit, his final design before his death. Named for Dr. Roland Lee Rosson and his wife Flora Murray Rosson, the house changed hands numerous times before being purchased by the City of Phoenix and restored to its original condition. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Architecture This house is in the Stick-Eastlake Queen Anne Style of Victorian architecture. According to 19th century newspaper articles, it was designed by prominent San Francisco architect A. P. Petit. It would be his last house, as Petit died in the month of its completion. Controversy exists over the uniqueness of the design, since near exact plans for the house can be fou ...
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Arizona Doll & Toy Museum
The Arizona Doll & Toy Museum is located on West Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, Arizona Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located approximately northwest of Downtown Phoenix. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 248,325. History In the la .... It was founded in Phoenix in 1987 by Inez McCrary and when located at Heritage and Science Park in the Stevens-Haustgen House, featured four rooms of exhibits including a 1912 schoolroom, hat shop and dry goods store. McCrary served as the museum's curator for twenty years and the museum took visitors through both European and American doll styles. The collection features modern dolls, as well as one that is more than three hundred years old. References External links * Museums established in 1987 1987 establishments in Arizona Museums in Glendale, Arizona Toy museums in the United States Doll museums {{DEFAULTSORT:Arizona Doll and ...
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National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners a ...
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Historic Houses Articles
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the ...
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