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Smurthwaite
House and Pioneer & Military Memorial Park Named to National Register
of Historic Places
Both the historic Smurthwaite House and the Pioneer & Military
Memorial Park have achieved National Register of Historic Places status.
Smurthwaite House was added on May 17, 2001, and the Pioneer & Military
Memorial Park was added in 2007.
The National Register
of Historic Places is an official list of buildings and sites considered
worthy of preservation because of their historical, architectural, archaeological
or cultural significance. Administered by the National Park Service,
the National Register lists only those properties which meet rigorous and
uniform standards. A listing in the National Register benefits historic
properties by making them eligible for certain Federal tax benefits, grants
for purposes of historic preservation, and special consideration in the planning
of Federal or federally assisted projects.
The Pioneer & Military Memorial Park is the final resting
place of some of Arizona's most notable pioneer citizens. Burials include
Darell Duppa, King Woolsey, Lindley Orme,Tom Graham, and Jacob Waltz.
Several territorial governors, legislators and Phoenix mayors are also
buried there. In May of 1988, the seven original cemeteries located
at 14th Avenue and Jefferson were renamed the Pioneer & Military Memorial
Park and placed under the jurisdiction of the Phoenix City Department of
Parks and Recreation.
In 2001, historic Smurthwaite House was moved
from its original site on Seventh Street to its present location. It
serves as an archival library for information regarding historic cemeteries
throughout Arizona and also as the headquarters for the non-profit Pioneers'
Cemetery Association, Inc.
For a tour of the Smurthwaite House, the Pioneer & Military
Memorial Park, or for further information, please call 602-534-1262.
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