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William G. Blakely William G. Blakely (August 29, 1829April 19, 1920) was an American miner, lawyer, and a Methodist minister. He served as a district attorney, judge, and legislator in Arizona, where he lived the majority of his life. Biography Blakely was born ...

House is a historic house located in

Kingman, Arizona Kingman is a city in, and the county seat of, Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and northwest of Arizona's ...

. It was evaluated for National Register of Historic Places listing as part of a 1985 study of 63 historic resources in Kingman that led to this and many others being listed. PDF also available a
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It was listed on the National Register in 1986.

Description and history

It is a Colonial Revival style house built from

adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...

, topped by an asphalt-shingled hip roof. It was completed in 1887, making it one of the oldest houses in Kingman. The home was assembled elsewhere in northwest Arizona and transported to its permanent location by railroad. From 1887 to 1911, Mr. Blakeley was a miner, lawyer, probate judge, on the school board, and the pastor of St. John's Methodist Church. This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986.

Renovation

The house was purchased in 2015 by Kingman resident and businessman Bill Barnes who then renovated it and had it re-zoned to commercial for use as an office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blakeley, William G., House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Houses completed in 1887 Houses in Kingman, Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Kingman, Arizona