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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, the largest city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Maricopa County Courthouse built in 1928. In this court house the trial of infamous Winnie Ruth Judd, a.k.a. "The Trunk Murderess", was held. The historic "Miranda rights" were established in this court after the arrest of Ernesto Miranda. Both Judd and Miranda were incarcerated in the jail located on the sixth floor.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, excluding Phoenix. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
The Phoenix Historic Property Register is the official listing of the historic and prehistoric properties in the city of Phoenix, the capital and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] The city's register includes most or all places in Phoenix listed on the National Register of Historic Places and many more of local significance.
National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona (1 C, 70 P) E. Events in Maricopa County, Arizona (4 C, 10 P) F. ... History of Phoenix, Arizona (7 C ...
This is a directory of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona. There are 1,491 listed sites in the state, and each of its fifteen counties has at least ten listings on the National Register. Forty-seven of the state's sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks.
In 1863 the mining community of Wickenburg was the first to be established in what is now Maricopa County, to the north-west of modern Phoenix. [39] At the time Maricopa County had not yet been incorporated: the land was within Yavapai County, which included the major town of Prescott to the north of Wickenburg.
The Maricopa County Courthouse and Phoenix City Hall was a joint effort of Maricopa County and the City of Phoenix, a "monumentally scaled" building taking up a full city block downtown. [2] As city and county government matured, officials realized that a building of sufficient size was necessary to house county and city functions in an ...