Bisbee Residential Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Roughly bounded by the City of Bisbee city limits north of Lavender Pit Mine, excluding existing Bisbee Historic District, Bisbee, AZThe Bisbee Residential Historic District is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the theme of Community Planning and Development in Bisbee, Arizona. The district is also nominated to the National Register in the area of Architecture as its contributing properties embody the distinctive vernacular building types and construction methods of the era from the 1890s through the 1930s. As one of the most intact examples of a historic mining town remaining in Arizona, the district is nominated at the State level of significance.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.