Sharlot Hall Museum

Sharlot Hall Museum
Old Governor's Mansion on the museum grounds (2008 photo)
Established 1928
Location Prescott, Arizona
Coordinates 34°32′30″N 112°28′25″W / 34.541667°N 112.473611°W / 34.541667; -112.473611
Type Living history
Director Fred Veil
Curator Mick Woodcock
Website
Old Governor's Mansion
Location 400 block of W. Gurley, Prescott, Arizona
Coordinates 34°32′29″N 112°28′23″W / 34.54139°N 112.47306°W / 34.54139; -112.47306
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha).
Built 1864
NRHP reference # 71000121[1]
Added to NRHP September 10, 1971

The Sharlot Hall Museum is an open-air museum and heritage site located in Prescott, Arizona. Opened in 1928 by Sharlot M. Hall as the Gubernatorial Mansion Museum, the museum that now bears her name is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the Central Highlands of Arizona.

Overview

The museum grounds comprises almost four acres and includes 11 exhibit buildings, six of which are historic. This includes the Governor's Mansion built at its site in 1864 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Several historic buildings and structures were moved to the property, and include:

  • Fort Misery (the oldest log cabin in Arizona, built in 1864, moved to this property in 1934),
  • Frémont House (built in 1875, home of 5th Territorial governor John C. Frémont, moved to the museum in 1971),
  • Bashford House (built in 1877 and was the Victorian home of businessman William Bashford).

Additional historic buildings built on-site include the Sharlot Hall Building (stone exhibit building built during the Depression as a CWA project) and the nearby Ranch House.

Additional exhibit buildings include the Lawler Exhibit Center, built in the 1970s and currently houses the museum's pre-history exhibit; the Transportation Building, built in 1937 and houses the museum's rolling stock; and the School House, built as a replica to the first school house built in Prescott in 1868.

Sharlot Hall Museum also has a Library and Archives, located across the street at 115 S. McCormick St., Prescott, AZ. It provides full-service research opportunities through its vast collections of rare books and special holdings of original documents, photographs, maps, and oral histories.

History

Old Governor's Mansion

The Old Governor's Mansion was built in 1864 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] In front of the mansion are roses, of French "Boursault" type, descended from 1865 planting by Margaret McCormick, wife of the 2nd governor of the Arizona Territory (see photo including informational plaque).

See also

Sharlot Hall Museum Library & Archives.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  • Official website
  • Seftel, Emily (December 27, 2007). "Prescott's Sharlot Hall Museum". Arizona Republic. pp. 16A.
  • Hall, Sharlot M. (June 9, 1937). "Sharlot Hall Museum, With Old Mansion As Nucleus, Grows Gradually In Scope". Prescott Evening Courier. p. 2.


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