The Prescott Armory Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is a group of properties which "are all associated with Depression Era construction between 1929 and 1939." NGA Prescott

The district includes the Prescott Citizen's Cemetery, the Smoki Pueblo and Museum, Prescott's National Guard Armory (now Prescott Activity Center), and the City Park and Ballfield (now Ken Lindley Field). All four of the buildings and two structures in the district are vernacular architecture (i.e. without high style). The armory, however, includes some elements of

Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesqu ...

in its detailing, and the grandstand includes minor elements of Art Deco design. The district is roughly bounded by E. Gurley, E. Willis, N. Arizona, E. Sheldon and N. Rush Streets. It was deemed significant for "its association with the Depression-era in Prescott and the impact of various public relief efforts, both public and private. It is also significant ... because it presents a cohesive group of projects which represent a style and technique common during the Depression-era. The period of significance dates from 1930, when the first local efforts began in response to the Great Depression (1929-1942) and 1939, corresponding to the completion of the last building within the District, the Prescott National Guard Armory." Includes 15 photos, and sketches and maps.

Citizens Cemetery

Prescott's Citizens Cemetery "is a very large, historic final “resting place” for at least 3,500 of the area's pioneers, miners, and merchants of all kinds, Citizens and non-Citizens, wealthy, indigent, famous and infamous, and unknown deceased." It began with a burial of Joel Woods, a Colorado legislator, on public land southwest of Fort Whipple. It was termed "Citizens Cemetery" by 1872, and was deeded to a Virginia Koch in 1876, and eventually came to be owned by Yavapai County. Eligibility for burials was limited in 1933, and it has since been closed for burials. Only about 600 gravesites are marked. The area of the cemetery was enclosed by a stone and masonry wall constructed in a

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project in 1934. It has been maintained by the county and by volunteers of the Yavapai Cemetery Association.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Yavapai County, Arizona Buildings and structures completed in the 1930s Cemeteries in Arizona 1994 establishments in Arizona Prescott, Arizona Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in the United States