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Ethnic Heritage Surveys:
African-American Historic
Property Study
The Historic Preservation Office has completed its first
ever historic study of African-American properties and neighborhoods
in Phoenix. On March 17, 2004, the Phoenix City Council approved the
use of Historic Preservation bond funds to identify historic African-American
properties citywide. The study was funded with $30,000 in bond funds
and a $10,000 grant from the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office.
The African-American survey was completed by Athenaeum Public History
Group. The survey provides an overview of social, political and cultural
African-American history in Phoenix from 1868 to 1970, and identifies
historic properties that exemplify these historical themes.
The city of Phoenix will use the findings of the study to
nominate individual properties and neighborhoods to the Phoenix Historic
Property Register as well as the National Register of Historic Places.
The Historic Preservation Office is also planning similar studies of
Hispanic, Native-American and Asian-American heritages in Phoenix.
To learn more about the African-American Historic Property
Survey, contact the Phoenix Historic Preservation Office by calling
602-261-8699 or e-mailing questions to historic@phoenix.gov.
Read the new African-American
Historic Property Survey. (3.5MB)
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Hispanic Historic
Property Study
The city of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office completed its first-ever study of Hispanic historic properties and neighborhoods in Phoenix on Sept. 30, 2006. The study was funded with $40,000 in city bond funds and a $10,000 grant from the federal Historic Preservation Fund. The Hispanic Historic Property Survey was completed by Athenaeum Public History Group, a team of knowledgeable historians assembled specifically for this project. The survey provides an overview of Hispanic history in Phoenix from its earliest days through the civil rights era of the 1970s and identifies eligible historic properties that exemplify this history.
The city of Phoenix will use the study findings to nominate individual properties and neighborhoods to the Phoenix Historic Property Register as well as the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic Preservation Office also has completed a similar study of African-American heritage and currently is working on a study of Asian-American heritage.
To learn more about the Hispanic Historic Property Survey, contact the Phoenix Historic Preservation Office at 602-261-8699 or e-mail questions to historic@phoenix.gov.
Read the Hispanic Historic Property Survey:
Project Scope,
Methodology, Historic Context - pages 1 - 12 (330 KB)
Establishing a Community- pages 13 - 26 (692 KB)
Migration, Marginalization and Community Development, 1900-1939 - pages 27 - 67 (2.6 MB)
Acculturation and the Roots of Social Change, 1940-1956 - pages 68 - 107 (1.3 MB)
Community Expansion and the Struggle for Change, 1957-1975 - pages 108-116 (159 KB)
Conclusion, Property
Types, Evaluation, Recommendations and Appendices (616 KB)
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Asian American Historic Property Survey
In 2006, the city of Phoenix initiated a project to identify and document historic buildings, structures, sites and districts associated with the history of Asian Americans in Phoenix. The project had two parts: 1) the creation of a broad, contextual history of the experiences of Asian Americans in Phoenix; and 2) the identification of the houses, neighborhoods, businesses, schools, churches, farms and other places that represent this history.
The final report was completed in August 2007. The report was compiled from research conducted at various archival facilities, reviews of topic-related literature, community outreach connections and oral histories. It is available for download/review from http://www.azhistory.net/aahps/index.php, the site of the project contractor, Arizona Historical Research. The report identifies 19 properties eligible for listing on the Phoenix Historic Property Register and National Register of Historic Places.
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