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| Location | 310 N. Alarcon, Prescott, Arizona |
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| Built | 1900 |
| MPS | Prescott Territorial Buildings MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003223 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 14, 1978 |
The Detwiler House, at 310 N. Alarcon in Prescott, Arizona, was built around 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
It is significant as the home of J.S. "Whistling Jack" Detwiler and his family. Detwiler was a well-known railroad engineer on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. [2] It was later home of the parents of Ernest Love (1895–1918), a local World War I hero, [2] namesake of Ernest A. Love Field. [3]
It is a wood-frame structure about 30 by 45 feet (9.1 m × 13.7 m) in plan. [2]
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