Wilbur Historic District - Mesa Arizona - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From the Mesa Arizona Planning site (link below:)

The Wilbur Street Historic District in Mesa illustrates the early to mid-twentieth century growth in the northeast portion of the Mesa town site. This area developed into a cohesive neighborhood of middle class and working class families. The Wilbur Street Historic District is significant under National Register Criteria A in the area of Community Planning and development for its relationship to broad patterns of community development in Mesa. The Wilbur Historic District illustrates important examples of architectural style common in Arizona during the first half of the twentieth century. The Wilbur Street Historic District is considered significant under National Register Criteria C for the architectural styles and periods that it represents. The period of significance for the district starts in 1892 with the construction of the first home in the area and continues until 1948, the end of the 50-year period of significance for the National Register. The district is considered significant at the local level.


The Wilbur Street Historic District provides a good example of the subdivision process that changed Mesa from large garden lots associated with the original Mormon community to smaller lots required for more intense development. By 1922, a total of twenty-seven subdivisions of the original lots and blocks had been platted. Many of these were small, as evidenced by Stewart's subdivision of Lot 8, Block 33. While many subdivisions were platted, the three remaining in the Wilbur Street Historic District are the best examples of the early twentieth century r development of the original town site from large lots to subdivisions with smaller lots. This change was an important part of the community of Mesa, as residents required more housing than the original plan could provide. The Wilbur Historic District is an excellent example of the process of community development which changed Mesa from a pastoral, agricultural community to more closely match the growing urban populations of Phoenix, Glendale, and Tempe

Street address: Mesa, AZ County / Borough / Parish: Maricopa Year listed: 1999 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Domestic Single Dwelling Current function: Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 04/10/2014 To: 04/10/2014 Hours of operation: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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