List of the oldest buildings in Arizona

This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Arizona, including extant buildings and structures constructed during Spanish, Mexican, and early American rule over Arizona. Only buildings built prior to 1850 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.

In order to qualify for the list, a structure must:

  • be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy);
  • incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height and/or be a listed building.

This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.

List of oldest buildings[edit]

Building Image Location First built Use Notes
Agua Fria National Monument near Phoenix, Arizona 250-1450 C.E Residences
Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Four Corners region 350-1300 Residences [1]
Montezuma Castle National Monument Camp Verde, Arizona 1100-1425 Residence [2]
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument near Tucson, Arizona 1150–1450 Residences [3]
Tonto National Monument near Globe, Arizona 1200s-1400s Residences
Sycamore Canyon Cliff Dwelling near Clarkdale, Arizona 1200s-1400s Residences
Navajo National Monument cliff dwellings Kayenta, Arizona 1250 Residences
Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings Sierra Ancha Wilderness 1280-1350 Residences [4]
Mission San Xavier del Bac San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona 1783-1797 Church Rebuilt in 1783 near site of an earlier razed church built in 1692[5] Likely the oldest Spanish colonial/European built structure in Arizona.
Cordova House Tucson, Arizona ca. 1848 Residence Oldest house in Tucson; now part of Tucson Museum of Art[6]
Duppa Homestead Phoenix 1870 Residence Adobe home of pioneer Phillip Darrell Duppa is likely oldest building in Phoenix[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brugge, David M.; Wilson, Raymond (1976). Administrative History: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. National Park Service. OCLC 2820029.
  2. ^ Snow, Dean R (2016) [2010]. Archaeology of Native North America. Boston: Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0136156864. OCLC 987000747.
  3. ^ Dean R. Snow (2010). Archaeology of Native North America. Pennsylvania State University.
  4. ^ "Wilderness Connect".
  5. ^ Fontana, Bernard L. & photos by McCain, Edward, A Gift of Angels: The Art of Mission San Xavier del Bac, p. 41, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2010,
  6. ^ "La Casa Cordova--American Southwest--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary".
  7. ^ "1870 | the Duppa Homestead". 28 May 2017.

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