Phelps Dodge General Office Building

Copper Queen Plaza, intersection of Main St. and Brewery Gulch, Bisbee, Arizona

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Coordinates:
+31.44209, -109.91205
31°26'32" N, 109°54'43" W

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Bisbee

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Description

From 1896 to 1961, this building served as the headquarters of this mining company and is the only important early Phelps Dodge office existing in the U.S. This structure symbolizes the company's pioneer role in western copper mining, as well as its growth and adaptation from a family-owned East Coast mercantile house of the 1830s into a modern corporation. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, May 4, 1983

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1971
Reference number: 71000109
Area of significance: Industry
Level of significance: National
Evaluation criteria: A - Event
Property type: Building
Historic function: Business
Current function: Business
Periods of significance: 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1925-1949
Significant year: 1895

Update Log

June 14, 2018: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
June 26, 2016: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger

Sources

Wikipedia
Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 71000109 (Search for documents)
National Historic Landmark information