Clifton Townsite Historic District


  • Vicinity: Confluence of Chase Creek and the San Francisco River
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

The Clifton Townsite Historic District is a largely intact area within Clifton, a copper mining town in eastern Arizona which developed between 1870 and 1930. The district is significant ... for its association with the early copper mining and smelting operations in that region and with the town which grew to support those operations; it is additionally significant ... for its intact examples of architecture typical of Arizona's mining towns of the day. Two sites within the district, the smelter ruins and a commercial building ruin, are significant ... as above-ground remnants which reveal important information about significant aspects of the district. The property's industrial significance lies in its status as the site of one of Arizona's earliest copper smelting operations, and the site of the development of copper smelting methods which were to be used worldwide. The district also represents the origins of the town of Clifton; the settlement of the area was directly related to the copper smelter, around which the town grew. Architecturally, the district contains typical examples of commercial, residential, and public architecture of Arizona's early mining towns. The District's period of significance begins with the construction of the earliest remaining structure in 1874 and ends when the copper smelter moved to Morenci in 1937, signaling an end to Clifton's reign as the regional smelting center. - NRHP, 24 January 1990


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Clifton Casa Grande Building
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Particulars for Clifton Townsite Historic District:
Cultural Affiliation American West
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Criteria Information Potential
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Architectural Style Mission-Spanish Revival
Architectural Style Prairie School
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 1st March 1990

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Clifton Townsite Historic District
Registry Address: Confluence of Chase Creek and the San Francisco River
Registry Number: 90000339
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Prairie school, Late victorian, Mission-spanish revival
Area in Acres: 37
Contributing Buildings: 41
Non-Contributing Buildings: 26
Contributing Sites: 2
Non-Contributing Sites: 3
Contributing Structures: 9
Non-Contributing Structures: 2
Non-Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Industry, Exploration-settlement, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: American West
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1925-1949
Historic Function: Domestic, Transportation, Industry, processing, extraction, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade, Vacant, not in use, Transportation
Current Sub-Function:

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