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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149Y_plaza-bandstand_Prescott-AZ.html
As early as 1865, Lucian Bonaparte Jewell organized a Brass Band in Prescott, but by the 1870s the regimental bands from Ft. Whipple began to dominate the local music scene. The original Plaza Bandstand, built in the late 1800s, had survived the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZR3_prescott-public-library_Prescott-AZ.html
Prescott's modern public library was dedicated on May 18, 1975. However, the history of a public library in Prescott goes back to August 1895, when seven local ladies founded the Women's Club of Prescott (now the Monday Club). They gathered a coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM38_site-of-howeys-hall_Prescott-AZ.html
The southeast corner of Goodwin and Cortez Street was the site of Howey's Hall, which was built on the first lot sold (for $175) in Prescott by James Howey in 1876. The Goldwaters had their first mercantile store here. It was later converted to an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM37_city-jail-and-firehouse_Prescott-AZ.html
This Romanesque/Classical Revival building was constructed in 1895 and served as both a fire station (on the first floor) and the City jail (on the second). It is one of the two buildings facing the Courthouse Plaza that survived the fire of 1900.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2M_hotel-st-michael_Prescott-AZ.html
The cornerstone of historic "Whiskey Row", the Hotel St. Michael, represents the coming of age of Prescott's hostelries. Constructed on the site of the modest Hotel Burke, which burned in 1900, the new three-story hotel was designed by D. W. Milla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2J_site-of-curtis-hall_Prescott-AZ.html
George W. Curtis came to Prescott from California in 1864, and in 1867 purchased an interest in a sawmill. He purchased a building on Granite Creek on South McCormick Street, and he and his brother John enlarged and modified the building in 1878. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM28_lincoln-school_Prescott-AZ.html
In early 1908, the Prescott School Board decided that a new school was needed in Prescott. On July 12, 1908, a school bond election was held and approved by the voters 119-1. In August 1908, the three acre site on Park Avenue on the west side of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM26_arizona-pioneers-home_Prescott-AZ.html
Territory of ArizonaMCMX ― MCXI
Home for Aged and Infirm Arizona PioneersEstablished by act of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature under the administration of Governor Joseph H. Kibbey.
Erected under the direction of the Board of Control, Ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM21_welcome-to-prescott_Prescott-AZ.html
Founded in 1864, Prescott is Arizona's Mile High City and seat of Yavapai County government. Named for historian William Hickling Prescott, it was established on the banks of Granite Creek in 1864.
Today it is the home to the Bob Stump VA Medic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLYQ_arizona-pioneer-home_Prescott-AZ.html
To those responsible for the Arizona pioneer's homeA. J. DoranIntroduced enabling legislation - 1907 Supervised construction - 1910first superintendent - 1911George D. MorrisReintroducedSuccessful enabling legislation - 1909Joseph h. Kibbey - Gove…