Stories tagged "1890s": 3
Stories
Governor B. B. Moeur House
Perhaps the most visited property in Tempe is the former home of Arizona's eighth governor Dr. Benjamin Baker Moeur.
Since his arrival in Tempe, the physician's contributions to the community grew substantially and quickly. He began as…
Tempe Hardware Building
The Tempe Hardware Building’s story extends beyond the hammers, saws, and long pieces of plywood that were displayed on its first floor walls for 70 years between 1906 and 1976. The three-story brick commercial building is the last of its kind from…
Winfield Scott and Scottsdale's First School
Scottsdale eventually came to be known as “the West’s Most Western Town,” but for its founder, Chaplain Winfield Scott, “the West” need not be wild. In the untamed wilderness to the southeast of Camelback Mountain, he saw the potential for a…