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To encourage tourism, the town's leaders sought National Historic Landmark status for Jerome; it was granted by the federal government in 1967. [58] In 1962, James Douglas's heirs donated the Douglas mansion, above the UVX mine site, to the State of Arizona, which used it to create Jerome State Historic Park . [ 33 ]
The Sliding Jail is a historic jail building in Jerome, Arizona. It is known for its gradual ~225 ft (69 m) slide down the mountainside it sat on. The jail is one of the main attractions of the town. [1]
The Jerome City Hall built c. 1890 and located on Main Street. [29] The Grand Hotel was built in 1926 as the United Verde Hospital and is located at 200 Hill Street. [33] The Jerome Palace built in the 1900s and located at 410 Clark Street is now home to the "Haunted Hamburger". [29]
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 State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona, US, featuring the Douglas Mansion, built in 1916 by a family of influential mining entrepreneurs in Jerome, Arizona, a mining region in the northeast of the Black Hills, east Yavapai County. A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam that spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites , which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, and overlaps into California.
This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States. ... Jerome Junction [20] Yavapai: 1894: 1920: Johnson: Cochise: Kentucky Camp: Pima: 1874: 1912 ...
An Arizona state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Arizona preserved by the state for its natural, cultural, or recreational resources. The state park system in Arizona includes both state parks and state historic parks, as well as other designations such as natural areas and recreation areas.