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The following houses of religious worship are listed as historic by the Florence Historic District Advisory Commission. [2] [11] The Chapel of the Gila – built in 1870 and located in 306 E. 8th St. Listed as Historic by the Historic District Advisory Commission.
Jonathan Bailey was born in Prince George County, Virginia, in 1819.When just a boy, the Bailey family relocated to Ohio along with many other Quaker families. As an adult, Jonathan Bailey married Rebecca Frazier, [3] owned a successful mill, was a farmer, became a church and community leader, and at the age of 68, he and his wife moved to Whittier, California.
McFarland State Historic Park is a small historic park located in downtown Florence, Arizona on the corner of Main and Ruggles streets. The park consists of a preserved courthouse and other buildings dating to the Arizona Territory period. The original structure was built in 1878 with the addition of a jail in 1882 and the courthouse in 1891.
The Dr. George Brockway House was built in 1908 and is located at 506 E. Portland St. Dr. Brockway was a physician who moved to Florence, Arizona from New York in 1894. He served as the Pinal County superintendent of public health as well as two terms as mayor of Florence.
Florence is the host of the annual "Country Thunder" music festival. [32] The town is also the home of the Florence Jr. Parada Rodeo, the oldest junior rodeo in the United States. [33] Florence is considered to be the hometown of Adolfo “Harpo” Celaya, a World War II veteran who is one of the USS Indianapolis survivors. In 2017 Celaya was ...
The Second Pinal County Courthouse, built in 1891, is an historic three-story redbrick courthouse located at Pinal and 12th streets in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Designed by prominent Arizona architect James M. Creighton in the Late Victorian Revival style of architecture, it is Pinal County's second courthouse.
The historic Harry J. Felch House was built in 1927 and is located on 525 W. Lynwood Street in Phoenix, AZ. The Dutch Colonial Home is located in Phoenix’s historic Roosevelt District. 179: John M. Ross House: John M. Ross House: February 24, 2000 : 6722 N. Central Ave.
Whittier Mansion is a historic building that has served as a private residence, the West Coast headquarters of the Nazi Party, and has been occupied by The California Historical Society. It is located at 2090 Jackson Street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco , California .