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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 Laura Williams Memorial Park – the land where Laura Williams owned the antique museum which housed numerous artifacts from Jerome. [51] The Irving Turbine and Generator and the Turbine and Generator Shed – located in N. Jerome State Mine Museums Road, Jerome AZ The Childs plant was constructed and began operation in 1909. It consisted ...
Part of Arizona State University, changing exhibits of culture, part of the ASU Center for Archaeology and Society, formerly the ASU Museum of Anthropology [6] [3] International Wildlife Museum: Tucson: Pima: Southern: Natural history: website, dioramas of insects, mammals and bird from around the world Jerome State Historic Park: Jerome ...
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 historic district encompasses most of the built area within the town's municipal limits, as well as mining-related resources outside those limits, and the Douglas Mansion, the centerpiece of Jerome State Historic Park. The community retains much of the look and feel of an early 20th-century mining town, with buildings perched along the ...
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: Yellow goldfields at this park are in bloom and may last another month, according to the parks department. The park is northwest of Bakersfield. The park ...
His son, James S. Douglas Jr., or "Rawhide Jimmy" (1867–1949), managed the Phelps Dodge works at Nacazori before heading off on his own and building a major fortune with the United Verde Extension mine in Jerome, Arizona. His Jerome mansion is open to the public as the Jerome State Historic Park. Walter Douglas followed in his father's ...
Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park; ... Jerome State Historic Park; K. Kolb Studio; L. Little Red Schoolhouse (Scottsdale, Arizona) M. McFarland State ...