Hubbs House

Hubbs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Kingman, Arizona
Coordinates	35°11′8″N114°3′7″W / 35.18556°N 114.05194°W / 35.18556; -114.05194
Built	1891
Architect	Harvey Hubbs
MPS	Kingman MRA (AD)
NRHP reference No.	78000554 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 15, 1978

Hubbs House is Queen Anne style built in 1893 at 4th and Golconda Streets in Kingman, Arizona. The house has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. ^[1] Its historic status was reviewed as part of a 1985 study of 63 historic resources in Kingman that led to many others being listed. ^[2]

The home today is owned by the City of Kingman and is used by Head Start.

Description and construction

The house is an early adobe construction, made of adobe with clapboard siding. ^{[ citation needed ]} Harvey Hubbs most likely designed the home, John Mulligan & William Aitken were the contractors.

Hubbs Family

Harvey Hubbs was on the way back from Tucson where he had driven cattle from his home in Tulare County, California. He stopped in Kingman for the night and his horse either disappeared or was stolen along with all of his belongings. Forced to stay, he got a job being a teamster for the mines. He met Johanna Wilkinson, who with her sister, Francis, had set up tents to feed the miners and railroad workers and provide a place for them to sleep. After Harvey and Johanna married in 1887, they constructed Kingman's first hotel, the Hubbs House. It caught fire nine times and burned down two times including the Kingman Fire of 1898. Many of the fires were caused by miners and workers smoking opium in the hotel rooms. Opium could be bought over the counter at that time. Water had to be brought into Kingman from at a spring over two miles away or from Peach Springs which was 50 miles away so there was never water to fight the fires. Each time the Hubbs rebuilt their hotel. After the second total destruction of the hotel, Harvey Hotel Beale in 1903. He was offered to be a partner in building the Brunswick Hotel next door, but declined not feeling comfortable with the other business partners. The Hotel Beale still stands in Kingman although it is in disrepair. It is presumably on the site where Johanna and her sister first erected their tents. The Hotel Beale was considered Kingman's most luxurious hotel. In 1906, Harvey sold the hotel to the Devine family whose son, Andy Devine, was a famous movie star from 1920 to 1950. The Hotel Beale closed in the early years of the depression, then re-opened from 1936 to 1942. Interstate 40 was constructed bypassing Kingman and Route 66 and the hotel closed again. Harvey and Johanna Hubbs are somewhat forgotten pioneers of Kingman having played a major role in its development. Harvey served as Mohave County Sheriff and as a county commissioner and county treasurer. He co-owned the Mohave Miner newspaper and helped bring about Kingman's first water system. His home was the first home in Kingman built in the Queen Ann style and was the first home in Kingman to have running water. It is had been restored and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Cindy L. Myers; James W. Garrison (June 1985). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Kingman, Arizona / Kingman Multiple Resources Area (Report). NARA . Retrieved February 5, 2023. PDF also available at NPS version.