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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPF_silver-king-florence-hotel_Coolidge-AZ.html
Built in 1876 for William Long, a partner in the Silver King Mine. Originally an unplastered, L-shaped adobe with gabled roof, the Silver King was renamed the Florence Hotel in 1890. Fire destroyed a portion of the hotel which was replaced by the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPE_bear-down_Florence-AZ.html
Near this site on the evening of October 3, 1926, John "Button" Salmon, student body president and quarterback of the University of Arizona football team, was critically injured in a car accident while returning from a weekend in Phoenix with two …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPC_chas-d-poston_Florence-AZ.html
"The Father of Arizona"Born April 20, 1825 — Died June 24, 1902Native of Kentucky
Elected as first Arizona DelegateTo Congress in 1864
This Monument erected by theState of Arizona in Conjunction withMaricopa ChapterDaughters of the Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPB_postons-butte_Florence-AZ.html
Charles Debrille Poston, 1825-1902, often referred to as the "Father of Arizona", promoted territorial status for Arizona during President Lincoln's administration. Poston, motivated by silver mining interest lobbied for federal legislation to cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOJ_the-first-presbyterian-church-of-florence_Florence-AZ.html
This second-oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous usage in Arizona was founded in 1888. The present building was designed by architects Wallingford and Bell of Phoenix in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with mission-type tile on the roof. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOI_elmer-coker-house_Coolidge-AZ.html
This 1881 Sonoran/Early Transitional adobe was home to the Elmer Coker family in 1907. A prominent cattleman and lawyer specializing in land and water rights. Coker was a delegate to the Arizona Constitutional Convention and is considered the fath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOH_truman-randell-house_Coolidge-AZ.html
A transformed early Sonoran adobe, this house is the only structure in Florence that has a full second story added to an adobe core. Built by W. C. Truman, the sheriff known for capturing lady stagecoach robber Pearl Heart in 1900, it was later bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOG_harvey-niemeyer-house_Coolidge-AZ.html
This example of Early Transitional architecture combined Sonoran and Victorian elements. Built of adobe in 1880, the house was later veneered with red brick to give it a Victorian appearance. Physician William Harvey was known as an "Angle of Merc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOF_florence-high-school_Florence-AZ.html
Designed by Phoenix architects Royal W. Lescher and John R. Kibbey and completed in 1916, this neo-classical revival style structure has overtones of the Spanish revival style. The school board chose a one story as the children would have already …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOD_in-memory-of-tom-mix_Florence-AZ.html
Jan. 6, 1880 - Oct. 12, 1940In Memory ofTom MixWhose spirit left his body on this spot.And whose characterization and portrayalsin life served to better fix memories ofthe old west in the minds of living men.