Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The small town was named Oracle in 1878. [1] In the 1870s word of the mining successes in the area spread and prospectors from other places came with their families to the area. In 1880, two post offices were established, one in Oracle and one 5 miles west of Oracle which was called the American Flag Post Office.
On January 1, 2017, in the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, historian David Leighton challenged the accepted history of the town of Oracle: . He wrote that Albert Weldon who was born about 1840 in New Brunswick, Canada, traveled on his uncle Capt. A.D. Wood's ship Oracle around Cape Horn at the tip of South America and arrived in California between 1857 and 1860.
High demand quickly sold out the 60-unit project. In May 2005, Grace Communities announced the existing building would be razed and in its place a 34-story tower would be erected and named 44 Monroe, the site's address. In late September 2005, demolition of the Arizona Bank Building began. Construction on the tower began in November 2005.
The Acadia Ranch House, the main house of the ranch, faces north on E. Mt. Lemmon Highway, a principal street through Oracle, which, in 1984, was Arizona State Route 77 (AZ 77). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The AZ 77 highway was rerouted in 1964, and now goes around Oracle on the north; E. American Avenue, very close to the house, is also known as Old Highway 77.
The Miracle Mile Historic District follows the alignment of the following extant arterials: Stone Avenue, Drachman Street, Oracle Road, and Miracle Mile. Also included in the district and associated with the highway site is a two block segment of Main Avenue lined with trucking transfer warehouses and roadside commercial buildings, as well as ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Shin'enKan gate was put on display out side the Price Tower by the Friends of Shin'enKan in 2002 but sold by the owner's of Price Tower to a Dallas gallery in April 2024.
Bank of America then occupied the tower until 2001 when the Bank of America Tower was completed at the Collier Center. In January 2005, [147] this tower was renamed U.S. Bank Center and underwent a modest renovation to reflect the building's newest and largest tenant. 1977 Maricopa County Central Court Building 234 ft (71 m) [148] 13 [148]