Globe Downtown Historic District Explained

Globe Downtown Historic District
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Location:Broad St. between Cedar and Tebbs, Globe, Arizona
Architect:Lescher & Mahoney, Trost & Trost, William R. Norton
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Art Deco, Romanesque
Added:May 28, 1987
Refnum:87000862

The Globe Downtown Historic District encompasses a group of commercial, religious, and governmental buildings related to the status of Globe as the economic and governmental center of Gila County. Globe was designated as the County Seat of Gila County and grew into the primary economic and commercial center of the Globe mining region. The district also includes three prominent churches and the Globe Post Office and Courthouse, indicative of the area's being the core of civic life in the community. Primary growth of the community occurred between 1880 and 1935, which is considered the period of significance for the district.

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Gila County Courthouse1906Italian Renaissance StyleConstructed of locally quarried dacite[1]
Butler Building1901Was the First National Bank of Globe in 1905
Elks Building1910Romanesque styleHas the distinction of being the tallest 3 story building in the United States
Gila Valley Bank and Trust Building1909NeoclassicalThe building is the only Neoclassical structure in Globe. Among the architectural features of the building are Corinthian pilasters, an elaborate frieze, and several semicircular windows
Ardon Hotel/Globe Bakery1908Commercial art decoHistorical use was a bakery with hotel upstairs
Old Dominion Mercantile1904Made of locally quarried dacite stones. Originally housed a bank and department store
Masonic Temple/Hanna Building1912Neoclassical RevivalHouses Masonic Lodge #3, established in 1881. Stores and shops in street level and meeting rooms on upper floors
Amster Building1909GeorgianRevivalThe exterior is complemented by a decorative stepped parapet. Second story cornice supported by dentils while first story cornice is supported by brackets which form capitals on the cast iron pillars
Gila County Jail1909The cell blocks were transported from the territorial prison in Yuma, AZ. Building was in continuous use until 1981
St. John's Episcopal Church1908Gothic revivalOldest church in Gila County
First Baptist Church1917Gothic revival
United States Post Office and Courthouse1926Beaux-Arts architecture
Holy Angels Church/Rectory1918The stained glass windows were designed by Emil Frei Sr., one of America's foremost stained glass artists
Arizona Eastern Railroad Depot1916Contained a restaurant and Wells Fargo Bank
Van Wagenen/Fisk Building1905Original building in Queen Anne styleOriginally a residence
Residence1900
Banks Paint1910Vernacular
Federal Building1910Neoclassical RevivalWas a post office from 1910 to 1926

Notes and References

  1. Adrienne R. Oldfield . Historic Downtown Globe, Arizona, Walking Tour.