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Jerome State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona, US, featuring the Douglas Mansion, built in 1916 by a family of influential mining entrepreneurs in Jerome, Arizona, a mining region in the northeast of the Black Hills, east Yavapai County. A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion.
The Jerome Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining community of Jerome, Arizona.The town was founded as a mining camp associated with copper deposits that were mined from the late 19th century until 1953.
The Mine Museum/Fashion Saloon and the Whitten Printers structure was built in 1917 and is located on the intersection of Main Street and Jerome Avenue. The museum is located in the front while the Whitten Printers section of the building is located in the basement. [39] [29] [40] The Sullivan Apartments – built in 1917 and is located at 367 ...
Efforts to save the town from oblivion succeeded when residents turned to tourism and retail sales. Jerome became a National Historic Landmark in 1967. By the early 21st century, it had art galleries, coffeehouses, restaurants, a state park, and a local museum devoted to mining history.
Little Daisy Hotel is a 12,398-square foot hotel [1] located on 3.45 acres of land in Jerome, Arizona.It is best known for having been originally built as lodging to serve miners working in the Little Daisy mine beginning in 1918 before being converted to a private residence.
James Walter Douglas (4 November 1837 – 25 June 1918) was a British North America born mining engineer and businessman who introduced a number of metallurgical innovations in copper mining and amassed a fortune through the copper mining industry of Bisbee, Arizona Territory and Sonora before and after the turn of the 20th century.
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Mining camp. Site under Mittry Lake: La Paz: La Paz: 1862: 1875: Neglected site: Site of the first major gold strike along the Colorado River. Steamboat landing to 1866, Yuma County seat until 1871. Lochiel: Santa Cruz: c. 1880: 1986: Neglected site: Metcalf: Greenlee: 1889: 1936: Neglected site: A copper mining town, died after the ore ran out ...