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Casa Grande Woman's Club
The Casa Grande Woman's Club Building, at 407 N. Sacaton Street in Casa Grande, Arizona, USA, is an historic women's club building which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Casa Grande Woman's Club Originally organized as the "Current Events Club" in 1913, the name was quickly changed to The Casa Grande Woman's Club and they joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The same year the Club founded the town's first library, an institution which they ran until 1953. In 1921 the women organized a free school lunch program. In 1962 they organized the ''Casa Grande Valley Historical Society''. The Casa Grande Woman's Club disbanded in 2006. Building The Casa Grande Woman's Club Building was designed by Tucson architect Henry O. Jaastad, Henry Jaastad and built by Michael Sullivan (stonemason), Michael Sullivan. It is a cobblestone architecture, cobblestone-faced building, With built in 1924 in the Pueblo Revival architecture, Pueblo Revival style. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sullivan (stonemason)
Michael Sullivan (died March 25, 1928) was a stonemason who in the 1920s built various historical structures of fieldstone in Casa Grande. He also built a monument in the town of Sacaton, Arizona, dedicated to Pvt. Matthew B. Juan, a Native American, who was the first Arizonan to die in World War I. Stonemason Sullivan was born in Casa Grande, Arizona, in the late 19th century. There he became a professional stonemason. His specialty was building structures out of fieldstones. Fieldstones are the stones collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally. The stones used as fieldstones are building construction materials which are collected from the surface of fields where they occur naturally. In 1924, he built the cobble Casa Grande Woman's Club Building, following the design of Tucson architect Henry Jaastad. With The largest fieldstone building to be built by Sullivan was a building for the local Presbyterian congregation which is known as “The Casa Grande Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
