Tomb of George W. P. Hunt - Phoenix, Arizona
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N 33° 27.114 W 111° 56.660
12S E 412235 N 3701785
This unusual tomb located in Phoenix's Papago Park is the final resting place of Arizona's first governor George W.P. Hunt and his wife Helen, their daughter Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM95XB
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2010
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This is the tomb Arizona's first governor George Wylie Paul Hunt, (1859-1934). Hunt served as Arizona's governor from 1912-1919 and 1923-1933 (in the interim, he was appointed ambassador to Siam by Woodrow Wilson). The tomb is a small white pyramid protected by a fence atop a small hill in Phoenix's Papago Park. The tomb overlooks the Phoenix Zoo and the modern skylines of Phoenix and Tempe.
The twenty-foot tall tomb was commissioned in 1931 by Hunt as the final resting place of his wife, Helen. Hunt was also interred there after his death in 1934.
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