This is a list of historic properties in Glendale, Arizona, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the city's remaining historic structures and monuments.
id="Glendale">Glendale
The town of Glendale, was founded by William John Murphy in 1892. The establishment of a Santa Fe railroad link to Phoenix in 1895 allowed Glendale to blossom into the largest town in the northwest Salt River Valley. The city was incorporated as a town in 1910 and is currently the 4th largest city in Arizona.
The city has 20 listings on the National Register of Historic Places, which includes ten historic neighborhood districts. The first of these districts to be placed on the register is that of the Glendale townsite-Catlin Court Historic District. The other nine historic neighborhood districts are:
- The 59th Avenue Residential Historic District
- Floralcroft Historic District
- Glendale Gardens Historic District
- Glendale Tract Historic District
- Northfield Historic District
- Myrtle Avenue Residential Historic District
- Sage Acres Historic District
- Sands Estate Historic District
- The Thunderbird Estates
- The McDonald Addition Historic District
Additionally, a number of properties which are considered historical by the Glendale Historic Society and the Glendale List of Historic Places Survey are listed here with a brief description and image.
Also included in this list are the images of the airfield control tower (which has been restored), barracks, and one large airplane hangar of what once was Thunderbird 1 Army Air Field. The airfield, where the Thunderbird School of Global Management is currently located, was a military airfield in Glendale that was used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II.
The Sahuaro Ranch fire
On Monday, September 25, 2017 the blacksmith shop, built prior to 1927, and the granary building, built prior to 1927 and addition 1935 burned to the ground and days before that the milk house 1932 burned to the ground at historic Sahuaro Ranch. This is a terrible lost of important historical assets for the community. The park was closed on September 26, 2017 to allow for an investigation of the fires. The park has open up on September 27, 2017. The Glendale Arizona Historical Society stands ready to help and assist the City of Glendale in the investgation, rebuilding and remembrance of these historical resources.
Buildings
Restoration of Morcomb's Service Station
Houses of religious worship
Houses
Ranches
Historic ranches in Glendale, Arizona.
This was an abandoned 19th century farmhouse and barn located in the middle of 63rd Ave. between Northern and Olive Avenues. The property was demolished in 2017.
Molokan Farmers Village houses
Tolmachoff Farms
The historic Tolmachoff Farms in Glendale was established in 1912 by the Tolmachoff family, who were among the early Russian families who immigrated and settled in Glendale, Arizona. The farm is located at 5726 N. 75th Avenue in Glendale.
Catlin Court Historic District
The Catlin Court Historic District, established in 1914, is significant for its historic association with an important period in the development of the city of Glendale, Arizona. The Catlin Court Historic District which is located in the area bounded by Gardenia Ave., 59th Ave., Palmarie Ave. and 58th Ave. is one of nine historic districts in Glendale, Arizona listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1992.
Thunderbird 1 Army Air Field
Cemeteries
Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery
The Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 7844 North 61st Ave. in Glendale, Arizona. The cemetery was originally called Glendale Memorial Park. It is the final resting place of various notable early citizens of Glendale. Among those who are interred in the cemetery are early pioneers, mayors, businessman and veterans who fought in every military conflict in which the United States has been involved starting from the American Civil War onward. Also, in the cemetery there is a memorial and 16 graves of immigrant farmers who perished in 1858 in a bus accient on Central Ave.
Russian Spiritual Christians Cemetery
The Russian Spiritual Christians Cemetery, sometimes referred to as the Molokan Cemetery, was established in 1911 shortly after the Molokan’s, arrived to buy farmlands in Glendale, Arizona. The Molokans, known as the Spiritual Christians, was a religious group which broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church because they believed that the Russian Government was going to force their youth to serve in the military. This was against their believes. They arrived and established a community in California. Some of these families, among them the Tomachoffs and the Popoffs moved to Glendale, and established a Russian Village. One of the factors which benefited them was the sugar beet factory of that town. The Sugar Beet Factory closed in 1913 and the demand for their agricultural products declined, that and the climate of the area convinced many families to return to California. The cemetery is considered to be a historical site.
West Resthaven Park Cemetery
West Resthaven Park Cemetery And Funeral Home was founded in 1947 and is located at 6450 West Northern Avenue. Among the notable people which are interned are the founders of the City of Surprise and the founder of Wittmann. Also, interned is a Medal of Honor recipient.
Historic interest
Further reading
- "Glendale, Arizona (Images of America Series)"; By: Carol J. Coffelt St. Clair and Charles S. St. Clair; Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC; ISBNÂ 9780738548661.
- "Glendale, Arizona (Then & Now Series)": By: Debbie Veldhuis; Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC; ISBNÂ 9780738578958.
See also
- Adobe Mountain Desert Park
- Manistee Ranch
- Sahuaro Ranch
- USS Arizona salvaged artifacts
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Phoenix, Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Maricopa County, Arizona