National Register of Historic Places

Williams Residential Historic District

Williams, Coconino County, Arizona
Listed
January 8, 1998
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
97001603

About this property

The Williams Residential Historic District is a 65 acres (26 ha) historic district in Williams, Arizona which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.The district is roughly bounded by Grant and Fairview Aves. and by Taber and Sixth Streets. It includes works by architect Orville Bell. The district included 130 contributing buildings. The district includes a concentration of late nineteenth and early to middle twentieth century buildings that still retain historic and architectural integrity. All of the buildings relate to residential development that occurred in the Williams Townsite and the Perrin Addition from 1890 to 1941. Some of the houses in the district incorporated a few prefabricated millwork components. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1998, reference #97001603. There are two individual properties within the historic district which are solely listed in the NRHP. They are the First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage and the Negrette House. First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage (1891), 127 W. Sherman Ave (aka Community United Methodist Church). The church was separately listed in the National Register in 1984. American Legion Clubhouse (1936), 425 W. Grant Ave. C.E. Boyce House (1890), 133 W. Grant Ave. Cormick E. Boyce has been credited with being the pioneer merchant of Williams. He came to the Williams area in 1881. By the middle of the 1880s Boyce had already acquired considerable real estate in Williams. In the early 1890s Boyce's two-story brick Grand Canyon Hotel (WMB-41, 1892) was erected. It opened its doors to the public in January, 1892, as the Grand Canyon Hotel. The Grand Canyon Hotel in Williams is the oldest hotel in Arizona. Negrette House – The Saginaw Mill built house in 1893, which is located at 160 E. 6th Street, as a bunk house and office. In 1919, the Negrette family bought the house for $810. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 2014, reference #14000823.

Location

Williams, Coconino County, Arizona
35.24697, -112.18750

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Nearby Historic Sites

DelSue Motor Inn
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0.3 mi
Williams Historic Business District
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0.3 mi
Negrette House
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0.3 mi
Urban Route 66, Williams
Civil War
0.3 mi
Camp Clover Ranger Station
Civil War
1.9 mi

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When was Williams Residential Historic District listed on the National Register?

Williams Residential Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Williams Residential Historic District?

Williams Residential Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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