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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YO_michea-house-and-lone-star-general-store_Florence-AZ.html
Frenchman Jean Baptiste Michea and his wife, Carmen Robles of Sonora built a 3-unit rowhouse/store on this site by 1878. Typically Sonoran in style, it was built up to the property line, and had plastered adobe walls with an earthen roof over l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOJ_camp-florence_Florence-AZ.html
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women who served our county in war and peace and to a significant era of rich local history. Camp Florence, an army training facility, once occupied the grounds now known as "Four Parks". Beginning in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOI_huffman-house_Florence-AZ.html
Dr. George Huffman built this large, two-story Bungalow-style adobe house to accommodate his family and his medical practice. Surgical rooms were located on the first floor with rooms for patients upstairs. Square pillars support full-width porche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLNC_granville-h-oury_Florence-AZ.html
March 12 1825 - Jan 11 1891Judge- District court of New MexicoDelegate to Confederate CongressArizona Mounted Volunteers CSATerritorial legislatureUS CongressPioneer- Soldier- Statesman
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKB1_manuel-robles-house_Florence-AZ.html
Manuel Robles made the adobes and built this house in 1881. The single-story residence is an excellent example of a modified Sonoran-style rowhouse. Originally it was an L-shaped structure with a flat earth-filled roof, then about 1913 a flat meta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSW_lost-at-sea_Dublin-Dublin.html
The monument was erected byThe Howth Fishermens Associationand commemorated the livesof all persons lost at sea,no matter where or no matter how. [Representative memorial plaques follow] FishermenBrian Faherty and Michael McDonoghof The Live…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSV_ghost-town-of-adamsville_Florence-AZ.html
In the 1870's, a flour mill and a few stores formed the hub of life in Adamsville, where shootings and knifings were commonplace, and life was one of the cheapest commodities. Most of the adobe houses have been washed away by the flooding Gila River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHST_john-keating-house_Florence-AZ.html
This single-story adobe, built in 1888, retains its basic integrity as an example of the symmetrical, pyramidal-roofed, Late-Transitional style. Keating was a pioneer stage driver. He served as a territorial legislator, Florence town councilman, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSS_spinas-rental-house_Florence-AZ.html
This one-story, detached dwelling began as an American Victorian-style building, with walls of locally made brick and a metal-covered, timber-framed hip roof. Brick arches topped door and window openings. Bungalow-style additions included an open,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSQ_cosgrove-house_Florence-AZ.html
The western portion of this adobe brick house was built for Frank and Isabella Cosgrove in 1878. It was originally constructed with dirt floors, roof and a Sonoran corner fireplace. During the 1890s, Theophile Nicholas "Americanized" the struct…
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