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A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion. Jerome State Historic Park reopened on October 14, 2010, after being closed since February 27, 2009, because of budget cuts and the need to repair the historic mansion. Renovation and stabilization were funded by a state heritage grant and donations from the Douglas family.
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.
The museum features exhibits regarding the area history of Japanese American internment in the 1940s when more than 17,000 Japanese Americans were housed at nearby Rohwer War Relocation Center and Jerome War Relocation Center during World War II.
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.
Jerome County Historical Museum Jerome: Jerome: South Central Local history website, operated by the Jerome County Historical Society, also operates the nearby Idaho Farm & Ranch Museum Kamiah Valley Museum Kamiah: Lewis North Central Local history [15] [26] Kootenai County Jail Museum Rathdrum: Kootenai Northern Local history
A new visitor contact station is being built and will open in 2020. Currently, visitors see the remains of the entry guard station, waiting room, and rock garden and can visit the Relocation Center display at the Jerome County Museum in nearby Jerome and the restored barracks building at the Idaho Farm and Ranch Museum southeast of town. There ...
A 10-foot (3.0 m) high granite monument marks the camp location and history. The marker is located on US Highway 165 , at County Road 210, approximately 8 miles south of Dermott, Arkansas . On December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 1492 into law authorizing $38,000,000 in federal money to preserve the Jerome relocation center ...