James R. Welker House | |
House in 2015 | |
Location | 1127 S. Central Ave., Safford, Arizona |
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Coordinates | 32°49′36″N109°42′40″W / 32.82657°N 109.71098°W Coordinates: 32°49′36″N109°42′40″W / 32.82657°N 109.71098°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
Architectural style | vernacular Queen Anne, Queen Anne Transitional |
MPS | Safford MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87002582 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 9, 1988 |
The James R. Welker House, at 1127 Central in Safford, Arizona, was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
It is a rectangular single-family brick house which includes "traditional" Queen Anne-style features such as shingling below its cornices. [2] The house is surrounded by a low white picket fence.
It was associated with James Welker, who served on Safford's city council and as its postmaster in 1939, and was a merchant. [2]
Welker was a Mormon who arrived in Safford in 1883, and along with other Mormons, was amazed at frontier practices. According to him, the cowboys "wouild ride into a town, go straight to the saloon, and commence shooting the place up. They were expert with the pistol too." He stated: "I've seen very wonderful shots among those cowboys. They did not do much killing around here, but they were pretty wild and did about as they pleased.' [3]
Kyle Ranch or Kiel Ranch, was one of the earliest ranches established in Nevada's Las Vegas Valley. Founded by Conrad Kiel in 1875, today the location of the former ranch is in North Las Vegas, where the city maintains the remnants of the site as the "Kiel Ranch Historic Park." The original adobe structure, one of the oldest buildings in Las Vegas, a wooden shed known as the "Doll House," and the cemetery are all that remain after loss of buildings through fire and neglect. Also within the park is an artesian well and a small wetlands, a reminder of what drew travelers and early settlers to the area. Presently the ranch's location is memorialized with Nevada Historical Marker number 224.
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The Safford High School building, which was located where Safford Middle School is currently located, opened to students on September 13, 1915. It was designed by Henry O. Jaastad. It served as the main high school building through the 1979–80 school year. Over the years other buildings were built. This included the WPA-built Baker Stadium, which served as the home of the Safford Bulldogs from 1938 through the 1986 season; a gymnasium in 1943, which allowed the previous gym to be retrofitted into an auditorium; and the other classroom buildings. This included a library built in the 1960s. It is noted that, during this period, the baseball stadium was at the old bleachers by Lafe Nelson School as was the field house for the football and wrestling teams.
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