Heritage and Science Park, located between East Monroe, East Washington, North 5th and North 7th Streets in
downtown
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Phoenix, Arizona
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includes Heritage Square – a historic site anchored by the
Rosson House
Rosson House, at 113 North 6th Street at the corner of Monroe Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a historic house museum in Heritage Square. It was built between 1894 and 1895 in the Stick-Eastlake - Queen Anne Style of Victorian archite ...
– the
Arizona Science Center
The Arizona Science Center, at 600 East Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a science museum located in Heritage and Science Park. It was founded in 1984 as the Arizona Museum of Science & Technology in a downtown storefront, Its ...
, and the building of the former
Phoenix Museum of History.
History
Heritage Square sits on the last remaining residential block of the original site of the town of Phoenix. It tells the story of how Phoenix residents lived before Arizona became a state.
It is also home to restaurants and a museum shop.
Preservation efforts for Heritage Square began in the 1970s when then Mayor
John D. Driggs stepped in to preserve the Rosson House. Architect Robert Frankeberger designed the park, which was designated "Historic Heritage Park". In 1976, preservation and restoration of the historic homes and the addition of the Lath House began, and the park opened in 1980.
The majority of Heritage Square was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1985 under the name "Phoenix Townsite".
In 1996-97 the
Arizona Science Center
The Arizona Science Center, at 600 East Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a science museum located in Heritage and Science Park. It was founded in 1984 as the Arizona Museum of Science & Technology in a downtown storefront, Its ...
and the
Phoenix Museum of History moved next to the site of Heritage Square from their prior locations, and the expanded campus was given the name "Heritage and Science Park". The
Arizona Doll & Toy Museum was also formerly located in the
Stevens-Haustgen House. All locations are connected via East 6th Street and East Adams Street, which act as a pedestrian walkway that runs between East Monroe and North 7th Streets.
Buildings
Heritage and Science park includes:
*Heritage Square ''(listed on NRHP as "Phoenix Townsite")'':
**
*The
Rosson House Museum (1875) – 113 N. 6th St. @ N. Monroe St.
**The Burgess Carriage House (c.1881) – 115 N. 6th St., the only building moved from elsewhere
**The Bouvier-Teeter House (1899) – 622 E. Adams St.
**The Teeter Carriage House (1899) – 618 E. Adams St., location of Royal Coffee Bar
**The Silva House (1900) – 628 E. Adams St. @ N. 7th Street
**The Stevens House (1901) – 602 E. Admas St. @ N. 6th St., also known as The Bungalow, location of the Museum Store
**The
Stevens-Haustgen House (c.1901) – 614 E. Adams St.
**The Thomas House (1909) – 609 E. Adams St., location of Bar Bianco ''(not listed on NRHP)''
**The Hughes-Stevens Duplex (1923) – 115 N. 6th St., offices
**
*The
F. S. Baird Machine Shop (1929) – 623 E. Adams St. @ N. 7th St., location of Pizzeria Bianco
**Lath House (c.1980) – 120 N. 7th St. @ N. Monroe St., ''(not listed on NRHP)''
*
Arizona Science Center
The Arizona Science Center, at 600 East Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a science museum located in Heritage and Science Park. It was founded in 1984 as the Arizona Museum of Science & Technology in a downtown storefront, Its ...
(founded 1984, current location 1997) – 600 East Washington St. btwn. N.5th & N.7th Sts.
*
Phoenix Museum of History (founded c.1920s, current location 1996, closed 2009, building now operated by the Science Center) – 105 N. 5th St.
*a parking garage
* Individually listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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Gallery
File:2021 Heritage Square, Rosson House Museum from west.jpg, Rosson House
Rosson House, at 113 North 6th Street at the corner of Monroe Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a historic house museum in Heritage Square. It was built between 1894 and 1895 in the Stick-Eastlake - Queen Anne Style of Victorian archite ...
File:Phoenix-The Forest Burgess Carriage House-181-Phoenix Heritage Suare.jpg, Burgess Carriage House
File:Bouvier-Teeter House-1.jpg, Bouvier-Teeter House
File:2021 Heritage Square, Silva House 1.jpg, Silva House
File:Stevens-Haustgen House-1.jpg, Stenens-Haustgen House
File:Thomas House-1.jpg, Thomas House
File:Phoenix-Hughes-Stevens Duplex-1923-Phoenix Heritage Square crop.jpg, Hughes-Stevens Duplex
File:F.S.Baird Machine Shop (6).JPG, F. S. Baird Machine Shop
File:Lath House-1.jpg, Lath House
References
External links
{{commonscat, Heritage Square, Phoenix
Heritage Square official website
Historic sites in Arizona
National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona