Victor Messinger House - Glendale AZ
N 33° 32.472 W 112° 11.154
12S E 389896 N 3711916
This beautiful example of turn-of-the-century architecture is currently utilized as a great little restaurant. The sign out front gives a brief history of this place. 7141 N 59th Avenue
Waymark Code: WMK8E7
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2014
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VICTOR MESSINGER HOUSE
BUILT 1895
THIS HOUSE IS LISTED IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
LISTED AUGUST 9, 1992
THE MESSINGER HOUSE IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF HISTORICALLY PRESERVED
HOMES BUILT IN GLENDALE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. THIS HISTORIC HOME HAS A
STORY OF THREE OWNERS. VICTOR MESSINGER WAS IN THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF
STANFORD UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH HERBERT HOOVER. HE AND HIS WIFE LILLY
CAME TO GLENDALE IN 1895. THEY BOUGHT TWO LOTS AND BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL
HOME. VICTOR HAD A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND STARTED THE FIRST
COMMUNITY LIBRARY WITH HIS BOOKS. WHEN GLENDALE WAS INCORPORATED IN
1910, VICTOR BECAME THE FIRST TOWN CLERK. THE MESSINGERS LIVED IN THE
HOUSE FOR MANY YEARS.
HAROLD BREWSTER, A PAINTING CONTRACTOR, CAME TO GLENDALE FROM
KANSAS IN 1912, AND IN 1932, MARRIED MAE LEONARD. THEY FIRST LIVED IN A
ONE-BEDROOM HOUSE AND IN 1936, WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE, BOUGHT THE
MESSINGER HOUSE. THE BREWSTERS MADE THIS THEIR FAMILY HOME, RENOVATING
IT AND RAISING FOUR SONS THERE. IN 1987, THE BREWSTER BOYS SOLD THE HOUSE TO
MARTHA WIGGANS CAMPBELL, WHO HAD ALSO MOVED TO GLENDALE FROM
KANSAS.
MARTHA LOVED THIS HOUSE. IT WAS RENOVATED ONCE AGAIN AND TURNED INTO
ONE OF ARIZONA'S FIRST TEAROOMS, CALLED "THE SPICERY". THE HOUSE THUS
BECAME THE SETTING OF JOYFUL ACTIVITY FOR MANY YEARS. MARTHA SOLD THE HOUSE
IN 2002, AND THE NEW OWNERS TRIED TO MAKE A GO OF THE TEAROOM, BUT
WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY, MOST SADLY, BECAME RUN DOWN.
MARTHA ONCE AGAIN TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY, RENOVATED IT, AND IN
2010 RE-OPENED IT AS "THE SPICERY IN OUR 1895 HOME." THE HOUSE IS AGAIN
A LIVELY PLACE OF LAUGHTER, HAPPINESS AND JOYFUL ACTIVITY.
THIS PLAQUE IS PROVIDED BY THE GLENDALE, ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND
FUNDED BY THE GLENDALE CIVIC PRIDE AMBASSADORS.
Marker Name: Victor Messinger House
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Maricopa
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
- Glendale Historical Society
- Glendale Civic Pride Ambassadors
Year placed: Unknown
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