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August 16, 1989. The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona, is a landmark building constructed between 1929 and 1931 by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. It is also known as William Wrigley Jr. Winter Cottage and as La Colina Solana. Located at 2501 East Telewa Trail, [1] it sits atop a 100-foot (30 m) knoll with views of greater Phoenix to ...
The Jorgine Boomer House was built in 1956 and is located at 5808 30th Street in Phoenix. The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Jorgine Slettede Boomer, the widow of Lucius Boomer, a successful hotelier. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2016, reference #16000071.
Tovrea Castle is a historic structure and landmark at 5041 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona, on 44 acres (18 ha) bounded by the Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) to the east, Washington Street to the south, Van Buren Street to the north and the Main Post Office to the west. Locally known as the "Wedding Cake Castle," it was built ...
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve. The Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, formerly known as the Deer Valley Rock Art Center, [ 1 ] is a 47-acre nature preserve featuring over 1500 Hohokam, Patayan, and Archaic petroglyphs visible on 500 basalt boulders in the Deer Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona. [ 2 ] In 1980, the US Army Corps of Engineers ...
South Mountain Park. Coordinates: 33°20′10″N 112°4′10″W. Monument at the entrance of the South Mountain Park. South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona, is the largest municipal park in the United States, [1] and one of the largest urban parks in North America and in the world. It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride.
Weavers Needle from Peralta Canyon. Weavers Needle is a 1,000-foot-high (300 m) column of rock that forms a distinctive peak visible for many miles around. Located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona, Weavers Needle was created when a thick layer of tuff (fused volcanic ash)—a volcanic plug [3] —was heavily eroded, creating the spire as an erosional remnant with a summit ...
The name Four Peaks is a reference to the four distinct peaks of a north–south ridge forming the massif's summit. The northernmost peak is named Brown's Peak and is the tallest of the four at 7,659 feet (2,334 m). [ 1 ] It is the highest point in Maricopa County. The remaining summits have no official names, and from north to south are 7,644 ...
Part of the complex with fall foliage. Arcosanti is an experimental town with a bronze bell casting business in Yavapai County, central Arizona, United States, 70 mi (110 km) north of Phoenix, at an elevation of 3,732 feet (1,138 m). Its arcology concept was proposed by Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri (1919–2013).