New Historic District is 25th for Phoenix
May 13, 2002
Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza and Councilmember Mike Johnson, District 8, today unveiled street signs designating Dennis Addition as the city's newest historic district. The district, which extends generally from Roosevelt to Pierce streets and Seventh to 11th streets, is the 25th residential historic district to be listed in the Phoenix Historic Property Register and the 33rd overall.
The mayor and councilmember were joined by members of the Garfield Neighborhood Association for the unveiling, which took place during a press conference at Ninth and McKinley streets.
The designation was formally approved by the City Council on Dec. 12, 2001.
The Dennis Addition district is one of the oldest residential areas in Phoenix. It was platted in 1883 by John T. Dennis and added to the original Phoenix town site in 1899, thus becoming the Dennis "Addition." Dennis was one of the first settlers in the Salt River Valley, arriving from Ohio in 1868.
Development of the Dennis Addition was spurred in 1895 when the Phoenix Street Railway extended a streetcar line through then neighborhood. Called the Brill line, it ran along Pierce Street to 10th Street and north to the Brill Addition, which was located just north of the Dennis Addition.
By 1931, the Dennis Addition neighborhood was fully developed.
Architecturally, the Dennis Addition contains a concentration of early 20th century structures, including the largest cluster of pyramid cottages in Phoenix. Many intact examples of Bungalow and Period Revival houses also are present.
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