Encanto Vista Historic District boundaries are roughly: Windsor Avenue, Encanto Boulevard, 7th and 8th avenues. Encanto Manor Historic District boundaries are roughly: Thomas Road and Windsor, 7th and 15th avenues. We are cheating here and lumping two distinct historic districts together. (Neither is large and we want you to find a house when you do [...]
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District boundaries are roughly: Virginia Avenue to Encanto Blvd, 17th Avenue to 15th Avenue The Encanto Municipal Golf Course wraps around the northern and western edges of this roughly 1/4 mile historic district, while beautiful Encanto Park cradles the neighborhood on the eastern edge. Ad agencies originally sold Del Norte Place as “the countryside west [...]
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Country Club Park Historic District boundaries are roughly: Thomas Road to Virginia Avenue, 8th Street to Dayton Street. Not to be confused with the custom-built County Club Manor neighborhood on the north side of Thomas Road, Country Club Park Historic District is a WW II-era “subdivision” with its own brand of charm and appeal. With [...]
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District boundaries are roughly: Virginia Avenue to Coronado Road, 8th Street to 14th Street Both of us chose Coronado as our home so we are, admittedly, prejudiced about what a fabulous place it is. Home to 1920s Bungalows and 1940s Ranches, one of the larger city parks (Coronado Park at 12th Street & Palm Lane), [...]
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Fairview Place Historic District boundaries are roughly: Encanto Boulevard to McDowell Road, between 15th Avenue and 17th Avenue. Fairview Place, as the name implies, is neighbor to the Arizona State Fairgrounds. This makes for impressive Fairview sunsets— with the elegant Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in the foreground year-round and the added interest of a soaring Ferris [...]
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North Garfield Historic District boundaries are roughly: I-10 to Roosevelt, 7th Street to 16th Street Garfield Historic District boundaries are roughly: Roosevelt to Van Buren, 7th Street to 16th Street For 15 years, Maureen has been saying that Garfield will be the place to live. Dana and Kim, founders of Alwun House Foundation and restorers [...]
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Phoenix Homesteads Historic District boundaries are roughly: Osborn Road to Thomas Road, 26th Street to 28th Street. (Check the map for the boundaries of the 2 distinct homesteads.) There’s something so soothing and inviting about the mature trees that shade Pinchot Avenue and the green, irrigated lawns that separate the houses from the street. And [...]
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Pierson Place Historic District boundaries are roughly: Camelback Road and the Grand Canal, Central and Seventh avenues The original mix of single family homes with small duplexes, triplexes, and quads gives Pierson Place Historic District a unique personality that feels more city-like than most of our historic districts. To that original mix, sprinkle in some [...]
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Villa Verde Historic District boundaries are roughly: Monte Vista to Granada Road, 19th Avenue to 20th Avenue Villa Verde Historic District, 1 block wide and 4 streets tall, is a compact neighborhood of English Cottage homes. Each one of these darling cottages is totally unique, mixing architectural details to wonderful result. They may be built [...]
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Willo Historic District boundaries are roughly: Thomas and McDowell roads, Central and 7th avenues. You don’t need to go very far to find someone willing to share accolades about the Willo Historic District. Like Samantha O. wrote recently on Yelp: “I am obsessed with this neighborhood. I love driving around looking at the precious homes [...]
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