National Guard Arsenal (Papago Park)- Phoenix AZ

City:
Phoenix, AZ

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Armories

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

“The old National Guard Arsenal is the second largest adobe building in continuous use in the United States. Funded by the Works Progress Administration in 1936, it was part of the recreation development of Papago Park, an expansive, designed landscape.”

Source notes

"The New Deal in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landscape," The New Deal in Arizona Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association.
https://www.library.arizona.edu/newdeal/map.html

Location Info


5636 E. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ

Coordinates: 33.466043, -111.96183

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