Maricopa County, Arizona
1931 Tempe Bridge
59th Avenue Residential Historic District
6th Avenue Hotel-Windsor Hotel
915 E. Pierce Street/Grand Pyramid House
Ackel, Salim, House
Adams School
Adams, W. E., House
Administration/Science Building
Alchesay Canyon Bridge
Alhambra Hotel
Alma Ward Meeting House
Alston, Dr. Lucius Charles, House
Alvarado Historic District
Ammo Bunker (S-1007)
Ammo Bunker (S-1008)
Anchor Manufacturing Co.
Anderson, Helen, House
Anderson-Johannes House
Andre Building
Angulo-Hostetter House
Arizona Academy-North Hall and South Hall
Arizona Army National Guard Arsenal
Arizona Compress & Warehouse Co. Warehouse
Arizona State Capitol Building
Arizona State Hospital Building
Arvizu's El Fresnal Grocery Store
Asbury, Cline R. / Riney B. Salmon House
Ashland Place Historic District
Avery, Frank and Emma, House
B. B. Moeur Activity Building
Baird, F. S., Machine Shop
Bartlett Dam
Bartlett, Samuel L., House
Bayless, J. B., Store No. 7
Beadle House No. 11
Beet Sugar Factory
Bennitt Mansion
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Blount Addition Historic District
Bohn, Louis J. and Lee, Gertrude, House
Boomer, Jorgine, House
Borah House
Borden Homes Historic District
Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory
Boulder Creek Bridge
Bragg's Pies Building
Brentwood Historic District
Brophy College Chapel
Brown's Pharmacy
Buckeye Union High School School A-Wing
Buckeye Woman’s Club
Buckhorn Baths Motel
Bunch, E.C., House
Burgess Lateral Historic District
Cactus Inn
Campus Vista Historic District
Cartwright School
Cave Creek Service Station
Cavness, William Edward, House
Celebrity Theatre
Celora Stoddard/Lon Harmon House
Central School
Chambers Transfer & Storage Co.
Chambers Transfer & Storage Co.-Central Warehouse
Chandler Commercial Historic District
Chandler High School
Cheery Lynn Historic District
Chelsea Place Historic District
Cisney, George E., House
City Hall and Jail
Civil Engineering Maintenance Shop
Coe, H. M., House
Concrete Block House
Concrete Block House
Converse, Ralph, House
Conway, Colonel Edward Power, House
Cook, Neil and Louise, House
Copeland & Tracht Service Station
Coronado Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Coronado Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Country Club Park Historic Subdivision
Craig Mansion
Curtis Cottage
Date Palm Manor Historic District
Del Norte Place Historic District
Demountable Hangar
DeMund, Lester D., House
Diller, Adam, House
Dome House
Doughterty, J. B., and C. W. Peterson House
Douglas, Lewis, House
Dowdy, George O., Rental Cottage
Dunbar School
Dunlap, Charles H., House
Durand Grocery
Earll Place Historic District
East Alvarado Historic District
East Evergreen Historic District
Eisendrath, Rose, House
el chaparral
El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium
Elder-Moffitt House
Elias-Rodriguez House
Elizabeth Seargeant-Emery Oldaker House
Elliott House
Ellis, George, House
Ellis-Shackelford House
Encanto Manor Historic District
Encanto Vista Historic District
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase II)
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase III)
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase)
England, Abner Elliot-Lawrence, Guy Hidden, House
Evans House
Evergreen Historic District
Executive Towers
Eyrich-Kohl House
Fairview Place Historic District
Falcon Field World War II Aviation Hangers
Farmer-Goodwin House
Firestone
First Baptist Church
First Church of Christ Scientist
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale Sanctuary
First National Bank of Glendale Building
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Peoria
Fish Creek Bridge
Flagpole
Floralcroft Historic District
Fort McDowell
Frankenberg House
Frankenberg House
Franklin School
Fraser Fields Historic District
Fry Building-Baxter Block
Garcia School
Garfield Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Garfield Methodist Church
Gates, Neil H., House
General Sales Company Warehouse
Gerardo's Building
Gibbes, Carter W., House
Gila Bend Overpass
Gilbert Elementary School
Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge
Glendale Gardens Historic District
Glendale Grammar School One-room Class Building
Glendale High School Auditorium
Glendale Townsite-Catlin Court Historic District
Glendale Townsite-Catlin Court Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Glendale Tract Historic District
Glendale Woman's Club Clubhouse
Gonzales-Martinez House
Goodwin Building
Grace Lutheran Church
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium
Grunow, Lois, Memorial Clinic
Hackett, Roy, House
Hadsell, Burgess A., House
Halm, George M. and Howard, Mary Alverda, House
Hanny's
Harelson, Sarah and Jack, House
Harrington-Birchett House
Hassayampa River Bridge
Hayden, C. T., House
Heard Building
Hiatt House
Hidden, George, House
Hilgeman, Franklin, House
Hilvert, Fred G., House
Horse Mesa Dam
Horseshoe Dam
Hotel Westward Ho
House at 160 Apache
House at 170 Center
House at 185 Washington
House at 818 South 1st Avenue
Housing Storage Supply Warehouse
Hubbard, L. Ron, House
Humbert, William K., House
Hunt Bass Hatchery Caretaker's House
Hunt's Tomb
Hurley Building
Idylwilde Park Historic District
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Industrial Arts Building
Initial Point of the Gila and Salt River Base Line and Meridian
Irving School
Jacobs House
Jacobs, Judge Fred C., House
Jefferson Hotel
Jones, Edward L., House
Kenilworth Elementary School
Kenilworth Historic District
Kerr, Louise Lincoln, House and Studio
King's Rest Hotel Motor Court
Kitchell, Denison, House
Knights of Pythias Building
Koontz, Kinter K.
La Hacienda Historic District
Laird, Hugh, House
Larson, C. A., House
Laveen School Auditorium
Lehi School
Lewis and Pranty Creek Bridge
Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Long, Samuel C., House
Los Olivos Historic District
MacLennan House
Main Building, Tempe Normal School
Manistee Ranch
Margarita Place Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Maricopa County Courthouse
Masonic Hall
Matthews Hall
McClintock, James H., House
McCornack, Colonel Willard H., House
McCullough-Price House
McNair, Jonas, House
Medlock Place Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Mesa Journal-Tribune FHA Demonstration Home
Mesa Woman's Club
Moeur Park
Moeur, Gov. Benjamin B., House
Moeur, W. A., House
Monroe School
Morgan, David-Bronson, Earl A., House
Mormon Flat Bridge
Mormon Flat Dam
Morristown Store
Morrow-Hudson House
Mullen, C. P., House
Municipal Light Plant
Myrtle Avenue Residential Historic District
Nohlechek, Rhoda, House
North Central Avenue Streetscape Historic District
North Encanto Historic District
North Garfield Historic District
Northfield Historic District
O'Connor, Sandra Day, House
Oakland Historic District
Oakland Historic District (Boundary Decrease and Increase)
Old Barber Shop
Old Brick Post Office
Olney, George A/Everett E. Ellinwood House
Ong Yut Geong Wholesale Market
Ong's, Jim, Market
Orpheum Theater
Osborn, William Lewis, House
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Church
Painted Rocks
Palm Lane Gardens
Palmer, E. Payne, House
Park of the Canals
Pay'n Takit #13
Pay'n Takit #25
Pay'n Takit #5
Pemberton, Sarah H., House
Peoria High School Old Main
Peoria Jail House
Petersen, Niels, House
Phoenix Building and Loan House
Phoenix Carnegie Library And Library Park
Phoenix Elementary School District No. 1 Administration Building
Phoenix Homesteads Historic District
Phoenix Homesteads Historic District Boundary Increase
Phoenix Indian School Historic District
Phoenix LDS Second Ward Church
Phoenix Motor Company
Phoenix Seed & Feed Company
Phoenix Towers
Phoenix Townsite
Phoenix Union Colored High School
Phoenix Union High School Historic District
Pierce, Harry E., House
Pierce, N. Clyde, House
Pieri-Elliot House
Pierson Place
Pine Creek Bridge
Pioneer Military and Memorial Park
Ponderosa II
Portland Street Historic District
Pratt, Charles H., House
President's House
Professional Building
Pueblo Grande Ruin
Railroad Steam Wrecking Crane and Tool Car
Rancho Arroyo
Rancho Joaquina House
Redden, Byron, House
Redden, Lowell, House
Regency House
Rehbein Grocery
Rittenhouse Elementary School
Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad Car
Robson Historic District
Roman Roads
Roosevelt Addition Historic District
Roosevelt Historic District
Ross, John M., House
Rosson, Dr. Roland Lee, House
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Home for the Aged
Safeway Pay 'n Takit
Sage Acres Historic District
Sahuaro Ranch
Salt River Project Diversion and Conveyance System Historic District
San Carlos Hotel
San Marcos Hotel
Sands Estate Historic District
Santa Fe Railroad Depot
Scott, Robert, House
Scottsdale Grammar School
Scudder, B. H., Rental House
Security Building
Selleh House
Sharp, M. J., House
Shell Oil Co.
Shride House
Silk Stocking Neighborhood Historic District
Sirrine House
Skinner, E. W., House
Smith, Walter Lee, House
Smurthwaite House
Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562 and Tender No. 8365
Spangler-Wilbur House
Squaw Peak Inn
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church-Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Stephens, C.P., DeSoto Six Motorcars
Stewart Mountain Dam
Storage Warehouse
Storms House
Story, F. Q., Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Story, F. Q., Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Stoughton, Ralph H., Estate
Stout's Hotel
Strauch House
Stubbs, Courtney and Hilda, House
Suhwaro Hotel
Sun City DEVCO Model No.1
Sun Mercantile Building
Sun-Up Ranch
Sun-Up Ranch (Boundary Decrease)
Sunflower Ranger Staiton
Swindall Tourist Inn
Taliesin West
Tempe Beach Stadium
Tempe Butte
Tempe Concrete Arch Highway Bridge
Tempe Double Butte Cemetery Pioneer Section
Tempe Hardware Building
Tempe Woman's Club
Temple Beth Israel
Temple Historic District
Thunderbird Estates and The McDonald Addition Historic District
Tinker, C.H., House
Title and Trust Building
Titus, Frank, House
Tomlinson Estates Historic District
Tovrea Castle
Town and Country Scottsdale Residential Historic District
Tubercular Cabin
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Caboose No. 15
Tweed, Judge Charles Austin, House
U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building
U.S. Post Office
Union Station
University Park Historic District
Upton, George B., House
Valley Field Riding and Polo Club
Valley Plumbing & Sheet Metal
Verde Park Pumphouse
Vernetta Hotel
Victoria Place Historic District
Vienna Bakery
Villa del Coronado
Villa Verde Plat A and Villa Verde Plat B Historic District
Village Grove 1-6 Historic District
Vradenburg, George H., House
Walker, Harry, House
Walker, J. W., Building-Central Arizona Light & Power
Water Pump Station and Water Tower
Webster Auditorium
Welnick Arcade Market and Liefgreen Seed Company Building
West Second Street Historic District
West Second Street Historic District (Boundary Revision)
West Side-Clark Addition Historic District
Western Wholesale Drug Co. Warehouse
White, E. M., Dairy Barn
Whitney, J. T., Funeral Home
Whittier, John G., School
Wickenburg High School and Annex
Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
Wickenburg Ice and Cold Storage
Wickenburg, Henry, Pioneer Cemetery
Wickenburg-Boetto House
Wilbur Street Historic District
Willo Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Willo Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Windsor Square Historic District
Wisdom House
Woodland Historic District
Woodlea Historic District
Wrigley, William, Jr., Winter Cottage
Yaple Park Historic District
Yaun Ah Gim Groceries
1897 Smurthwaite House
1912 Parker Carousel
1921 - Farmers State Bank
1921 - Sterling Drug Store
1929 - U.S. Post Office
1st Lieutenant Ralph Ambrose ONeill
3-Inch Mark 33 Deck Gun
59th Avenue Residential Historic District
A Tribute to the B-29 Super Fortress "FIFI"
Adobe House
Alchesay
Anderson Building
Anthem Veterans Memorial
Apache Lake
Arizona Confederate Veterans
Arizona Copper Company's Locomotive #2
Arizona Cotton Land
Arizona World War II Memorial
Arizona's First Zoo
Arizona's Honeymoon Trail
Arizona's Pioneer Women
Arizona's U.S.S. Arizona Memorial - In Memory of the Gallant Men
Arizona's War Heroes
Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen
Arizonan Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP
Arizonas Liberty Bell Monument
Arthur E. Price
Bank of Chandler
Barrett Tillman
BGen. Joseph J. Foss
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Boras Headframe
C. H. Tinker House
C. L. Gillett Block/Glendale State Bank Building
Camp Reno
Canyon Lake
Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF)
Catlin Court Historic District
Chambers Transfer & Storage Company Building
Charles Miller
Chief Washakie
City of Glendale Veterans Memorial
Clement's Garage
Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.)
Corrals and Tack House
Coury Building
Creed Building
Dairy Barn
Dance Pavilion
Double Butte Cemetery
Dougherty Building
Dr. A. J. Chandler
Dr. S. Harry Robertson III
Duppa Homestead
Eastlake Park
Engine 1673
Eusebio Francisco Kino
Everett Bowman
F.Q. Story Addition
Falcon Field
Farmer - Goodwin Mansion
Father Albert Braun O.F.M.
Father Edouard Gerard
First Latter-day Saint Chapel in Phoenix
First National Bank of Glendale Building
First National Bank, 1918
First Presbyterian Church of Peoria
Floralcroft Historic District
Foreman's House
Fort McDowell
Frank Lloyd Wright and Arizona
Fruit Packing Shed
Garcia School
General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.)
George W. P. Hunt / Arizona's First Governor
GFWC Peoria Woman's Club
Gilbert Elementary School
Gilbert Town Hall
Glendale Business District
Glendale High School Auditorium
Glendale Townsite
Glendale Woman's Club Clubhouse
Glendale's Towering Flagstaff
Goodyear Ocotillo Cemetery
Grave of Dr. Carlos Montezuma
Hayden House
Henry Wickenburg
Herbert "Herb" R. Drinkwater
Hine Building
Historic A. J. Chandler Park / The Chandler District Honor Roll
Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge
Hotel Chandler
Hotel San Carlos
Humphrey and Davidson Building
Hunt Bass Hatchery
In Memory of the Students of this School who Enlisted in the Army and Navy during the World War
Irrigation
J. W. Walker/Central Arizona Light & Power Building
Jacob Waltz
Jewish War Veterans Memorial
Landmark Restaurant / Mesa Community College
Liberty Market
Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
Main House and Guest House
Major Frederick E. Ferguson
Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret)
Manistee Ranch
Maricopa County Courthouse
Memorial to Arizona Confederate Troops
Merci Train Boxcar
Mesa
Mesa Grande
Mesa Pioneer Monument
Mesa Woman's Club House
Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale Sanctuary
MGen Barry Morris Goldwater, USAFR
Monroe Building
Morcomb's Service Station and House
Morrison Grocery
Murphy Park
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
Navajo Code Talkers
Oatman Massacre Site
Orchards
Original 1927 Bridge Roller Bearing
Orpheum Theatre
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Papago Park Prisoner Of War Camp
Papago Park's Military History
Passing the Legacy
Peoria Central School
Peoria Train Depot
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Permanent Home of the "Beavers"
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Phoenix Union High School World War I Memorial
Pope John Paul II
Prehistoric Irrigation in the Salt River Valley
Price Building
Pump House
Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)
Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret)
Rehabilitation of the Carnegie Library
Rittenhouse Elementary School
Robert W. Cole Building
Robson's Mining World
Roosevelt Dam
Rosson House
S. (Frenchy) Sawyer
Sahuaro Ranch
Sahuaro Ranch Residence
Saint Mary's Basilica
Santa Fe Freight Depot
Scottsdale Grammar School / The Little Red Schoolhouse
Sergei I. Sikorsky
Sine Brothers Hardware Building
Sine Building
Sirrine House
Site of Goodwin Stadium 1936-1978
Site of Hayden's Ferry
Site of Krause Hall
Site of Old Fort Utah
St. Paul's M.E. Church
Stable / Granary
Suhwaro Hotel
Sun City, Arizona
Taliesin West
Tempe Bakery/Hackett House
Tempe Hardware Building
The Alhambra Hotel
The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Bank of Gilbert
The Barnyard
The Capitol
The Carriage House
The Chaplain
The Dutchmans Inn
The Evans House
The Jail Tree
The McCormick Building
The Niels Petersen House
The Oatman Family
The Old Brick Post Office
"The Old Church"
The Old Verde River Sheep Bridge
The Original Site of the Desert Mission
The People Who Made It Happen
The Spire
Tone Building
Tribute to Navajo Code Talkers
U.S.S. Arizona Signal Mast
Unidentified Veterans
United States Indian Vocational Training School
Veterans Memorial Carillon
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vulture Gold Mine
Vulture Mine
Water & Power
Water Tower
Welcome to Sahuaro Ranch
Welcome to the Apache Trail Historic Road
Well House
Wickenburg Massacre
William J. Murphy
Williams Field Honor Roll, Chandler, Arizona
Winfield Scott Memorial
In the 16th century, Spanish explorers led by Estevanico, also known as Esteban the Moor, ventured into the present-day Maricopa County area. This encounter marked the beginning of European exploration and influence in the region. However, it wasn't until the mid-19th century that significant American settlement began. The establishment of Fort McDowell in 1865 and the subsequent discovery of gold in nearby areas attracted settlers to the county.
With the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s, Maricopa County experienced a surge in population growth and economic development. Agriculture, particularly cotton farming, became a major industry. The county's fertile land and reliable water supply made it a favorable location for agricultural ventures.
Following World War II, Maricopa County experienced tremendous growth due to factors such as the availability of affordable land, a warm climate, and a booming economy. The county's largest city, Phoenix, became a thriving metropolis, attracting businesses and new residents. The establishment of Arizona State University in Tempe and the expansion of Luke Air Force Base further contributed to the county's growth.
Today, Maricopa County is home to more than four million residents, making it the most populous county in Arizona. It is known for its diverse economy, which includes industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and tourism. The county is also famous for its expansive outdoor recreation opportunities, with numerous parks, hiking trails, and beautiful desert landscapes.
Brief timeline of the history of Maricopa County, Arizona:
- 1871 - Maricopa County is created from parts of Yavapai County and Pima County.
- 1878 - Phoenix becomes the official county seat of Maricopa County.
- 1881 - The first train arrives in Phoenix, connecting the city to the rest of the country.
- 1889 - Maricopa County Courthouse is built in Phoenix.
- 1911 - Roosevelt Dam is completed, providing a reliable water source for agriculture and growth in the county.
- 1941 - Luke Air Force Base is established, playing a significant role during World War II and beyond.
- 1960 - Maricopa County population surpasses half a million.
- 1980 - Maricopa County becomes the most populous county in Arizona.
- 1993 - Sheriff Joe Arpaio takes office, gaining national attention for his hardline stance on immigration and controversial practices.
This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Maricopa County, Arizona.