National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

City of Chandler — Study Session (2023-06-26)

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NPS Form 10-900
OMB No. 1024-0018
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form
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NAT. REGISTER 0? WlWt: PLACES
NATIONAL PAKK SfiHVICE
This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How
to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for
"not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the
instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a).
1. Name of Property___________________________________________________
Historic name
McCullough-Price House________________________________________
Other names/site number _______________________________________________
2. Location
street & number 300 S. Chandler Village Dr.
city of town
Chandler_______________
State
Arizona
AZ
county Maricopa
code
013
D not for publication
D vicinity
zip code 85226______
3. State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,
I hereby certify that this JN>
nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation
standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and
professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
meets
In my opinion, the property _J
property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance:
___ national
___ statewide
Jkf local
does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this
Signature of certifying official*'
Title
State or Federal agency and bureau
In my opinion, the property ___ meets
does not meet the National Register criteria.
Signature of commenting official
Date
Title
State or Federal agency and bureau
4. National Park Service Certification
I, hereby, caftify that this property is:
Y
entered in the National Register
_____ determined eligible for the National Register
___ determined not eligible for the National Register
___ removed from the National Register
___ other (explain:)
Date of Action
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McCullough-Price House
Maricopa, Arizona
Name of Property
County and State
5. Classification
Ownership of Property
(Check as many boxes as apply)
private
public - Local
public - State
public - Federal
private
Category of Property
(Check only one box)
building(s)
district
site
structure
building(s)
object
Number of Resources within Property
(Do not indude previously listed resources in the count.)
Contributing
Noncontributing
1
buildings
sites
structures
objects
buildings
Total
Name of related multiple property listing
(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing)
Number of contributing resources previously
listed in the National Register
N/A
N/A
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions
(Enter categories from instructions)
DOMESTIC / single dwelling
Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions)
RECREATION AND CULTURE / museum
GOVERNMENT / government office
7. Description
Architectural Classification
(Enter categories from instructions)
LATE 19™ & 20™ CENTURY REVIVALS:
Pueblo Revival
Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)
foundation:
CONCRETE
walls:
STUCCO
roof:
ASPHALT
other:

McCullough-Price House________________
Maricopa, Arizona_______
Name of Property
County and State
Narrative Description_____________________________________________________
(Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing resources
if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as
its location, setting, size, and significant features.)
Summary Paragraph
The McCullough-Price House is located in Chandler, Arizona, a suburban city of approximately 235,000 residents,
located 20 miles southeast of Phoenix. The building is located on Chandler Village Drive, adjacent to the Chandler
Fashion Center mall, approximately one-half mile south of Chandler Boulevard and one-half mile west of Price Road and
the Loop 101 freeway. The property was originally part of a rural estate owned by the McCullough family that
encompassed approximately 200 acres. Over time, the estate was divided so that the parcel containing the McCullough-
Price House now consists of only 1.5 acres. The house, which was constructed in 1938, is a one-story, stuccoed brick
building designed in the Pueblo Revival Style. According to the original drawings, the building had an L-shaped plan,
with a living room, dining room, den and kitchen at the front, and four bedrooms and three bathrooms at the rear ell. A
service wing extended from the north side of the building, with a maid's room, bathroom, laundry room and three-car
garage. A large patio with an outdoor grill was located at the rear of the building, adjacent to the bedroom wing. In
2001, the building was acquired by the City of Chandler, who rehabilitated it for use as a visitor center, gallery, event
facility and office. The rehabilitation was completed in June 2007. The footprint of the building is unchanged, as is the
exterior appearance, except for a few door and window openings at the service wing and garage which were
reconfigured to create public restrooms and a meeting room. The most significant interior spaces have been preserved,
including the entry vestibule, living room, dining room and den. Despite these modifications, the building still retains
sufficient integrity to convey its historical significance.
Narrative Description
See Continuation Sheets, Section 7

McCullough-Price House
Name of Property
Maricopa, Arizona
County and State
8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark V in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property
for National Register listing)
A
Property is associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our
history.
B
Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
C
Property embodies the distinctive characteristics
of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high
artistic values, or represents a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D
Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information
important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations
(Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply)
Property is:
owed by a religious institution or used for religious
A
purposes.
B
removed from its original location.
C
a birthplace or grave.
D
a cemetery.
E
a reconstructed building, object, or structure.
F
a commemorative property.
G
less than 50 years old or achieving significance
within the past 50 years.
Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions)
ARCHITECTURE
Period of Significance
1938
Significant Dates
1938
Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above)
JSJ/A____________________
Cultural Affiliation
N/A
Architect/Builder
Lescher & Mahoney
J.W. Mougeot
Period of Significance (justification)
The period of significance for the property is 1938, which is the year the house was built.
Criteria Consideratons (explanation, if necessary)
N/A

McCullough-Price House_______________
Maricopa, Arizona______
Name of Property
County and State
Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance and
applicable criteria)
The McCullough-Price House is locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture. Built in 1938 as a winter
home for Michigan businessman William D. McCullough and his family, the imposing 3,308-square foot building was one
of the largest residences in the Chandler area at the time. With its smooth stuccoed walls, tapered parapets, exposed
roof beams, and ornamental cast concrete and stone, the house is the best early twentieth-century example of the
Pueblo Revival Style in Chandler. The house also is one of the most impressive examples in the entire Phoenix
metropolitan area of a Pueblo Revival-style residence built during the historic time period. The house was designed by
the Phoenix architectural firm of Lescher & Mahoney, who primarily designed commercial and institutional buildings,
including several Arizona landmarks. Of the firm's 2,541 commissions, only 25 of them were in Chandler or the
surrounding area. Of these 25 commissions, only six are known to have survived. The McCullough-Price House
represents the best remaining work of Lescher & Mahoney in the city of Chandler.
Narrative Statement of Significance (provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance)
See Continuation Sheets, Section 8
Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate)
See Continuation Sheets, Section 8
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets)
Previous documentation on file (NFS):
Primary location of additional data:
__preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been
__State Historic Preservation Office
requested
__Other State agency
__previously listed in the National Register
__Federal agency
__previously determined eligible by the National Register
X Local government
designated a National Historic Landmark
__University
__recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #________
__Other
recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #
____Name of repository:
City of Chandler
Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned):

McCuHough-Price House
Name of Property
Maricopa, Arizona
County and State
10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property
1.5 acres
(Do not include previously listed resource acreage)
UTM References
(Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet)
1
12
416050
3684470
Zone
Easting
Northing
Zone
Easting
Northing
Zone
Easting
Northing
Zone
Easting
Northing
Verbal Boundary Description (describe the boundaries of the property)
That portion of the South half of Section 36, Township 1 South, Range 4 East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Hearthstone Unit 3, according to Book 276 of Maps, page 41, records of
Maricopa County, Arizona;
THENCE North 89° 50' 28" East at right angles to the East line of said Hearthstone Unit 3, a distance of 175 feet;
THENCE South 00° 09' 32" East parallel to said East line, 373.38 feet;
THENCE South 89° 50' 28" West 175 feet to a point on the East line of said Hearthstone Unit 3;
THENCE North 00° 09' 32" West, along said East line, 373.38 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Boundary Justification (explain why the boundaries were selected)
The boundary for this nomination is the property line for the 1.5-acre parcel containing the McCullough-Price House.
The nominated property includes the building itself and the grounds within the 1.5-acre parcel.
11. Form Prepared By
name/title
Kevin Weight, Consultant
organization City of Chandler - Community Services Dept.
street & number 6604 S. Peart Dr.
city or town Chandler
e-mail
kevin.weight@yahoo.com
date March 28, 2009
telephone (480)802-1028
state AZ
zip code 85249
Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:
•
Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key ail
photographs to this map.
•
Continuation Sheets
•
Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items)

McCullough-Price House____________
Maricopa, Arizona______
Name of Property
County and State
Photographs:______________________________________________________
Submit clear and descriptive black and white photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi
(pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map.
Name of Property:
McCullough-Price House
City or Vicinity:
Chandler
County:
Maricopa
State:
Arizona
Photographer:
Kevin Weight
Date Photographed:
June 8, 2007
Description of Photograph(s) and number:
1 of 15:
Primary facade & main entrance (looking southwest)
2 of 15:
Primary facade & driveway (looking west)
3 of 15:
South facade (looking northwest)
4 of 15:
North facade - former garage & service wing (looking south)
5 of 15:
Front door (looking west)
6 of 15:
Living room (looking southwest)
7 of 15:
Fireplace in living room (looking west)
8 of 15:
Former bedroom wing, now gallery & offices (looking southwest)
9 of 15:
Den (looking southeast)
10 of 15:
Dining room (looking northwest)
11 of 15:
Kitchen (looking west)
12 of 15:
Rear patio & barbecue (looking northwest)
13 of 15:
North facade of bedroom wing (looking southwest)
14 of 15:
Rear patio (looking southeast)
15 of 15:
West fa?ade of service wing (looking northeast)
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properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a
benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.).
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this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, PO Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

NPS For 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002)
OMB No. 1024-0018
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
McCuilough-Price House_________
Name of Property
Maricopa. Arizona
County and State
Section number
7
Page
1
N/A
Name of multiple property listing
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION
Setting
When the property was first purchased by the McCullough family in 1937, it consisted of approximately 200
acres, located within the section of land bounded by Chandler Boulevard on the north, the Gila River Indian
Community on the south, Price Road on the east, and McClintock Road on the west. Over time, the large,
rural property was divided several times. Today, the house is located on a much smaller parcel, which is only
1.5 acres in size.
The setting around the McCullough-Price House is now largely commercial, with the Chandler Fashion Center
mall located immediately to the northeast. Other large retail establishments, including Target and Costco, are
located to the southeast. Two major freeways, the Loop 101 and Loop 202, are located approximately one-
half mile to the east and south, respectively. A neighborhood of single-family homes, known as Hearthstone,
is located to the west.
The McCullough-Price House is located on Chandler Village Drive, which is the half-mile street between
McClintock Drive and the Loop 101 freeway. The house is located just south of the intersection with Frye
Road, which is the half-mile street between Chandler Boulevard and the Loop 202 freeway.
Adjacent to the 1.5-acre parcel containing the McCullough-Price House are two larger landscaped parcels (4.1
acres and 3.9 acres), which are also owned by the City of Chandler. Collectively, the three City-owned parcels
are nearly 10 acres in size and present a welcome respite from the surrounding commercial and residential
development.
The 1.5-acre parcel is accessed from Chandler Village Drive via a circular asphalt driveway. The circular drive
is a replication of the driveway shown on the original plans; however, there is no evidence that this type of
driveway actually existed prior to the City's ownership of the property. Aerial photos show that there was a
long driveway extending one-half mile west from Price Road directly to the garage, with no circle. The current
driveway has a planting island at the center of the circle, containing desert landscaping and a large fountain.
A paved parking area is located to the north of the circular driveway, and a gravel parking area is located to
the south (the rehabilitation plans show it is to be paved in the future).
On the north, east and west sides of the house there is a spacious green lawn. The lawn now comes right up
to the front of the garage, whereas originally the driveway extended to this area.
At the rear of the building is a large patio, which is shown in the original plans. The patio consists of a grassy
area framed by a 4-foot high stuccoed wall. At the northwest corner of the patio is a built-in outdoor grill
composed of stuccoed brick. The grill includes a chimney, which is approximately 13 feet in height. In front of
the grill is a flagstone hearth, which is part of the original design. Additional flagstone pavers have been
installed around the perimeter of the patio, inside the wall, as part of the recent rehabilitation.

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United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
McCullough-Price House_________
Name of Property
Maricopa. Arizona
County and State
Section number
7
Page
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N/A
Name of multiple property listing
The building has a concrete foundation, with a small basement located near the center of the rear ell. The
walls are constructed of brick, which has been sheathed with a smooth stucco finish. The building is painted a
light tan color, with tan and salmon-colored trim. The roof is flat with a raised parapet, which is tapered at the
top and at the corners.
The main portion of the building consists of a raised central pavilion (approximately 14 feet in height) with
lower projections at both the north and south ends (approximately 11 !4 feet in height). The north projection is
recessed behind the central pavilion while the south projection extends to the front. The pavilion is highlighted
by an offset entry with a single door. The wood door has a diamond-shaped window at the center and a
diagonal design in the panels. The frame has a zigzag design. Also present is a large door surround, which is
composed of cast concrete and natural "desert stone." The surround includes several cast stone inserts with
"Indian hieroglyphics," including a very large panel directly over the door. Adjacent to the door surround, on
each side of the front entry, are wrought iron light fixtures.
The windows on the house are steel casements. They are typically paired and have four lights, although some
of the smaller windows are single casements with three lights. All of the windows have cast concrete lintels
with zigzag designs. The windows do not have projecting sills; instead, the openings are tapered at the
bottom and on both sides.
Perhaps the most significant ornamental features are the vigas, or "wood lookouts," which run along the top of
the facade. The vigas are meant to mimic structural timbers, but in this case they are purely ornamental.
They measure approximately 8 inches in diameter. Wood scuppers are also present to allow water to drain
from the roof.
The rear bedroom wing is generally rectangular in plan, although the middle portion projects approximately 5
feet to the south and the rear portion projects approximately 9 feet to the north. The wing is approximately 11
V* feet in height, with a ceiling height of 8 Vz feet. A small, tapered chimney is located along the south wall,
approximately 25 feet back from the front facade, although it is apparently no longer functional. The bedroom
wing has the same vigas and fenestration pattern as the front facade of the house, although on the north side
of the wing there is an exterior stairway leading up to small roof deck. Underneath the stairway is a second
stairway leading down to a small basement underneath the middle portion of the bedroom wing. The
basement measures 15 x 25 feet and is 9 feet in height.
The service wing is located north of the main entrance to the house, and is recessed approximately 25 feet
behind the front facade. The wing is generally rectangular in plan, with a large garage at the far end, which is
also rectangular in plan. The wing measures approximately 11 by 35 feet, and the garage measures
approximately 21 x 31 feet. Like the bedroom wing, the service wing is approximately 11 1/£ feet in height with
a ceiling height of 8 % feet. The wing's most prominent feature is a front porch with a "log" roof. The "logs"
are rounded timbers, 6 inches in diameter, set atop 8x8 inch wood beams supported by 8 x 8 inch posts with
Southwestern-style corbels. The front facade of the service wing features an intact steel casement window,
along with three other openings that have been filled in to accommodate the new restrooms. The rear facade

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McCullough-Price House__________
Name of Property
Maricopa, Arizona
County and State
Section number
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N/A
Name of multiple property listing
top. The rear porch is accessed from the living room via two pairs of French doors (one on each side of the
chimney) and from the dining room via a third pair of French doors. The porch floor features flagstone pavers,
which appear to be original.
Interior
Just inside the front entry of the McCullough-Price House is a small entry vestibule, which measures
approximately 8x10 feet. The vestibule features a tongue-and-groove wood ceiling with exposed 6x6 inch
wood beams. At the center of the ceiling is a large metal light fixture. The opening leading from the entry
vestibule to the living room has decorative 2-inch wood "poles" across the top. Like the vigas on the exterior
of the house, these poles are intended to mimic structural elements, but are actually purely ornamental. The
end poles facing the living room and vestibule are plastered, whereas the middle poles are exposed wood.
The living room is located immediately south of the entry vestibule and is the largest, most elaborate room in
the house, measuring approximately 16 x 26 feet. Unlike the rest of the house, which has a ceiling height of 8
Vz feet, the living room ceiling is 10 feet in height. The living room has a tongue-and-groove wood ceiling with
exposed beams, similar to the one in the entry vestibule, although the beams at the living room ceiling are
larger, measuring 8x8 inches. Beneath each beam, at the juncture with the wall, are ornamental wood
brackets, measuring 8x10 inches.
In addition to an original concrete floor, the living room also features a prominent fireplace at the center of the
west wall. The fireplace is composed of cast concrete and "desert stone," with a projecting wood mantle.
Above the mantle are two decorative tile grilles, which allow warm air to flow, and a pair of ornamental lamps.
On each side of the fireplace, there is a pair of three-light French doors leading to the rear patio.
The dining room is located immediately west of the entry vestibule. It measures approximately 14x16 feet
and, like the living room, has a ceiling height of 10 feet. The dining room also features a tongue-and-groove
wood ceiling with exposed beams, although the beams are rounded. These 8-inch diameter "log" beams are
supported by a second set of log beams, measuring 10 inches in diameter. Beneath the lower logs, at the
juncture with the wall, are brackets in the form of rounded log ends. The log ends measure approximately 1
foot in length and are lashed to the beams above them. At the center of the ceiling is a large wrought iron light
fixture. The dining room also has an original concrete floor and a pair of three-light French doors leading to
the rear patio.
The den is located immediately north of the entry vestibule. It measures approximately 8 Yz x 10 feet, with a
ceiling height of 8 !4 feet. The den features wood paneling on all four walls, with an elaborate wood frieze at
the top. The frieze, which circles the entire room, has a Southwestern motif. Along the edge of the ceiling is a
Vz x 3 V* inch redwood board cut in an ornamental pattern.
North of the den is the kitchen, which connects the main portion of the house to the service wing. The kitchen
was originally composed of two rooms—one was a small pantry—although the pantry has been removed to

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United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
McCuliough-Price House__________
Name of Property
Maricopa. Arizona
County and State
Section number
7
Page
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N/A
Name of multiple property listing
make the kitchen larger. The kitchen is generally configured the same way as in the original plans, although
the cabinets and appliances have been modernized.
The service wing, which originally consisted of a maid's room, bathroom, laundry room and several small work
rooms, now consists of two modem restrooms and a janitor's room. The garage is now a meeting room. No
significant interior features remain in these rooms.
Likewise, the interior of the bedroom wing has been reconfigured from four bedrooms and three bathrooms to
a large gallery space with offices at the rear. Aside from the concrete floors, no original interior features
remain.
Integrity
The McCullough-Price House retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance under Criterion C as an
outstanding local example of the Pueblo Revival Style. Although the building now has a new use, it still has
high integrity of design, particularly on the exterior, with the only modifications being a few door and window
openings at the service wing and garage. The most significant interior spaces have been preserved, including
the entry vestibule, living room, dining room and den. The building also has excellent integrity of materials,
with its brick construction, smooth stucco walls and steel windows still intact. The integrity of workmanship is
also very high, with all original Pueblo Revival details still intact.
The building remains in its original location, never having been moved. However, when the large agricultural
tract was divided and sold for commercial and residential development, the rural setting was compromised and
the association with farming was lost. Thus, the property does not retain sufficient integrity to convey its
significance under Criterion A.

NFS For 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002)
OMB No. 1024-0018
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
McCullough-Price House_________
Name of Property
Maricopa. Arizona
County and State
Section number
8
Page
7
N/A
Name of multiple property listing
NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
History of the Property
Early History
Following the establishment of the nearby Vulture Mine in 1864 and Camp McDowell in 1865, there was
considerable interest in creating an irrigation system in the Salt River Valley to meet the demand for
agricultural products. In 1868, the first canal of the modem irrigation system was dug and, very quickly, a
network of irrigation channels marked the modern landscape.
Unfortunately, the Salt River, which provided water to the canal network, proved unpredictable, with periods of
heavy flooding followed by long periods of drought. Valley land owners recognized that the only permanent
solution to the area's water problem was to construct a storage reservoir on the upper Salt River, where the
water flowed through steep canyons. A potential dam site had been surveyed in 1889, but area farmers
lacked the resources to undertake such a monumental project.
Congress solved the problem when it approved, and President Theodore Roosevelt signed, the National
Reclamation Act of 1902. The act provided federal assistance for construction of irrigation works, including
water storage dams. In February 1903, Valley land owners incorporated the Salt River Valley Water Users'
Association (SRVWUA) to entice the federal government, through the newly created U.S. Reclamation Service
(USRS), to build Roosevelt Dam. The dam was one of the five original federal projects authorized on March
13, 1903 and was the first major project to be completed, on March 18, 1911.
The SRVWUA opened up membership to the landowners in 1903, and over the next decade area farmers
signed up their acreage. Because the Reclamation Act limited to 160 acres the amount of ground for which
any one owner could get water, several major landowners in the Valley were forced to subdivide their holdings.
One of these landowners was Dr. Alexander John ("A. J.") Chandler, a member of the SRVWUA's executive
committee and owner of approximately 18,000 acres in southeastern Maricopa County. In 1911, Dr. Chandler
subdivided his vast ranch, creating a townsite that would become the city of Chandler. The townsite was
located three miles east of Section 36, Township 1 South, Range 4 East—the section of land where the
McCullough-Price House would later be constructed.
Early USRS records indicate that, unlike other sections which had been claimed by homesteaders, Section 36
was "State Lands." However, by 1911, William S. Austin had entered 77 acres in the north half of the
northeast quarter of Section 36 into the SRVWUA. Austin apparently leased the land from the government, as
state trust lands were not sold until after the State Land Code was established in 1915. Austin had arrived in
the Chandler area as a youth in 1888, traveling by covered wagon from Texas. In 1893, he married his wife,
Lourena Cosner, a Tempe resident. In 1899, they purchased land and built a house near the intersection of
present-day Price and Ray Roads. The Austin family raised barley, oats and bees, as well as cotton after

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OMB No. 1024-0018
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
McCullough-Price House
Name of Property
Maricopa. Arizona
County and State
Section number
8
Page
8
N/A
Name of multiple property listing
1918. One of their three sons, Wilfred, served for approximately 30 years as a sports coach, teacher, principal
and district superintendent for Chandler schools.
In 1914, the Board of Survey established the lands that were eligible for membership in the Salt River Project
(SRP). All of Section 36, T1S, R4E was designated as "Class C" lands, meaning that they were located within
the irrigable district but not irrigated or for which no attempted appropriation of the flow in the river had been
made. The 1914 Board of Survey map confirmed that the north half of the northeast quarter (the W.S. Austin
property) was included in the SRP water delivery district. A 1921-1922 SRP zanjero map shows water delivery
to the north end of the section. Water was delivered from the Consolidated Canal, via the Banta Lateral, or
Lateral 13, which ran parallel to the road that is now Chandler Boulevard.
In 1926, Mormon Flat Dam was completed several miles downstream from Roosevelt Dam, thus allowing the
water storage supply to be increased and additional lands scattered throughout the Salt River Valley to join the
SRVWUA. In 1927, the remainder of Section 36 joined the SRVWUA as "Mormon Flat Lands": 198 acres in
the south half of the northeast quarter and north half of the southeast quarter of the section by John Andersen;
and 232 acres in the south half of the southeast quarter and all but the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter by Arthur & Louise Price.
By the 1930s, the main landholders of Section 36 continued to be the Austin, Price and Andersen families.
W.S. and Lourena Austin still owned the north half of the northeast quarter; the Prices still owned the same
acreage they had owned in 1927; and John Andersen's brother-in-law, Thomas Andersen, had acquired the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter. However, by 1937 the land previously owned by John Andersen
was in the possession of the General American Life Insurance Company.
The McCullough Family
The family associated with the construction of the current McCullough-Price House had their roots in Detroit,
Michigan. William Davis McCullough was the owner of a subcontracting business that sold automotive parts to
the Chrysler Company. The McCulloughs also owned a ranch in the Detroit area that raised show horses. In
1936, the family began traveling to Chandler to stay for the winter season, which usually lasted from
December until April. William and his wife, Grace, his daughter, Virginia, and his son, Jack, stayed at the San
Marcos Hotel (NRHP listed 4/29/1982). By the 1930s, the hotel had become a favorite winter destination for
many wealthy and famous families, such as the Vanderbilts, Firestones, Fords and Rockefellers. Prominent
families from the East and Midwest flocked to the hotel, one of the few resorts in the Valley at the time.
The McCullough family decided to build a house and stay for longer amounts of time during the winter. On
April 30, 1937, William McCullough purchased 200 acres in Section 36, T1S, R4E, from the General American
Life Insurance Company. Nearly two years later, on April 3, 1939, McCullough purchased an additional 40
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In 1938 McCullough hired the Phoenix architectural firm of Lescher &
Mahoney to design the present-day house. He hired J.W. Mougeot, a
Mesa contractor, to build the large Pueblo Revival-style home, which was
completed in October of the same year.
According to the Chandler Arizonan, the McCulloughs hosted a "steak fry
and housewarming party" on October 29, 1938. They invited a few friends
from Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix to celebrate the completion of their new
"ranch." Guests included Dr. & Mrs. J.M. Meason, Dr. & Mrs. C.L. von
Pohle, Mr. & Mrs. O.G. Johnson, Wayne Stapley and O.A. Gamble from
Chandler; Jack Leyda and J.W. & O.L. Mougeot of Mesa; and E.R.
Larraway of Phoenix. The family left and then returned some time later,
staying in their new home for the winter season. Since the land was
already under cultivation, the family rented out the farm. The farming
operations were run from the foreman's home along Price Road, south of
Chandler Boulevard. A barn and stables also were located on the farm
near this building.
While in Chandler, McCullough met and became friends with local alfalfa
mill owner Roy Lochhead. Lochhead invited McCullough to come to the
mill's feedlot and herd cattle. Roy's wife, Odessa, became friends with
Mrs. McCullough, and the children of the two families became acquainted
as well.
William McCullough died on May 30, 1940. Upon her husband's death, Mrs.
McCuilough decided to sell the family's property in Chandler and remain
permanently in Detroit. She sold the property to her friend, Odessa
Lochhead, shortly after Mr. Lochhead had also passed away.
The Lochhead Family
WINTER VISITORS TO
MAKE HOME HERE; NOW
FURNISHING NEW HOUSE
W. D. McCullough, of Detroit,
Michigan, who has been a winter
visitor at Chandler for the past
two seasons, Is here this weelc,
purchasing furniture for tlio flno
new twelve-room residence -which
has Just been completed on his
200-acre ranch west of Chander.
He was -accompanied -here by his
son Jack, who will enter the Mes;i
Ranch School next Monday.
Mr. McCullugh purchased. lh&
property west of Chandler last
year, and it Is now partially plant-
qd to crops, and part of It Is being
pnt In. shape to plant at the pres
ent time.
The home, In which
Mr. McCullougJi will live when ho
returns here later in the winter,
was built by J. W. Mougeot of
Mosa, with LoBcher and Mahoit-
ejr of Phoenix as architects.
At
the present time. It la Jut being
completed, and at. a later date,
may be opened for~inspection..by
Chandler people for a abort time.
Figure 3. Article from
Chandler Arizonan, October
28, 1938. Courtesy Chandler
Historical Society.
Prior to purchasing the McCullough property, Odessa Lochhead had lived with her husband, Roy, and their
son, Jim, in a Phoenix rental home. On December 9, 1941, Roy died, and Odessa decided she wanted a
permanent home with a farm. She purchased the property from the estate of William D. McCullough on July
25, 1942. Odessa may have wanted to live closer to the Pecos Milling Company, which she had taken over
after her husband's death. Jim was serving in the Air Army Corps at the time.
The Lochhead family had been operating a business in Chandler since the late 1920s. With roots in a Texas
flour milling family, in 1912 a young Roy Lochhead began his own alfalfa milling company in Hagerman, New
Mexico, called the Pecos Valley Milling Company. He eventually expanded, establishing milling operations in
other states such as Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and later in Missouri and Ohio. Roy located his Arizona

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operation in Chandler in the late 1920s, an ideal location due to the dry climate and abundance of sunshine.
In addition, many local farmers grew alfalfa, which created a ready market.
During the late 1930s, over 10,000 tons of alfalfa were raised per year in the Chandler area, as well as 16,000
tons grown on the Gila River Indian Reservation. The company purchased much of this alfalfa, processed it,
and then sold the hay locally for cattle feed, as well as to national companies such as Ralston Purina, who
sold mixed feed for animals like horses and chickens. The mill was located east of the railroad tracks on what
was to become Pecos Road, named after the company. In 1937, Roy decided to permanently locate his
company headquarters in Chandler. He also built a cattle feedlot near the mill, holding over 3,000 head of
cattle.
In 1942, several months after her husband's death, Odessa Lochhead sold the company to Jack Bogle, a
Chandler resident who was Roy's business partner. Odessa had also sold their family house and farm in New
Mexico. She lived in the Chandler house until March 28, 1943, when she passed away. Jack Bogle then
worked out a deal with San Marcos Hotel manager John Quarty to hold the house in trust while Jim Lochhead
finished his time in the service and began schooling at the University of Arizona. Between 1943 and 1946, the
hotel rented out the house in the winter to George Pullman, who was related to the Pullman Company family.
In 1946, while attending the University of Arizona, Jim Lochhead met Anna Grijalva, a native of Superior,
Arizona. Anna's family came from the pioneer Mexican American communities of Phoenix and Prescott. Her
father, Raoul, worked as an accountant for the Superior Mining Company, and her mother, Marian, taught first
grade for many years. Soon after meeting, Jim and Anna decided to marry. At the age of twenty, they moved
into the vacant Lochhead house, and both attended Arizona State College for a brief period of time.
When the couple arrived at the house, Odessa's furniture still remained as it had been when she had resided
there. Each bedroom included sets of different styles of furniture, and each of the four bathrooms was
designed with a different color scheme: green, pink, coral, and black. The interior of the house included
unusual features, such as a built-in bread box in a cabinet near the stove, and closets with automatic lights
and drop boards to fold linens. The house also included servants' quarters with a bedroom and bathroom, and
a separate entrance, located just off the kitchen. The house was surrounded by farm fields, set back half a
mile from Price Road. A row of eucalyptus trees lined the irrigation ditch behind the house, and flowers grew
along the walkway and the back patio wall. Grass grew in a front and side lawn, as well as in the courtyard
area. Anna later recalled her first impressions of the house:
Well, I thought it was beautiful; sitting out in the middle of 350 acres made it more dramatic. It
went down a long driveway to the house. And all the fields were planted. It was really special.
I had never lived on a farm. My grandfather had, but that wasn't like my grandfather's; it was
much finer. It was really lovely and we enjoyed it very much. It was a lot of house for two
people at the time.
Jim and Anna settled in quickly, enjoying their spacious, unique home and often relaxing on the patio while
barbecuing on the outdoor grill. It could get warm in the house with only evaporative cooling, and the couple

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often traveled to cooler climates during the summer. Like many wealthier families in the Valley, Jim and Anna
employed domestic help, a black couple named Roy and Hiawatha White. The Whites lived in south Phoenix,
and drove to the Chandler area every day to work. Roy did much of the cooking and heavy work around the
house, while Hiawatha cleaned and shopped for groceries. Roy White had worked for Odessa's family in
Texas, and came west with them. Once the Whites stopped working for them, Jim and Anna employed other
black women from Chandler to help with the household chores.
The Lochheads had many social gatherings at the home, where they played cards and entertained other
Chandler residents at dinner parties, such as the Bogles, Meats, Bevels, Elisworths and Baldwins. Jim and
Anna traveled three miles east into the small town of Chandler to shop at Basha's Grocery, Dudding's Drug or
Stapley's Hardware and pick up necessities like gas and tires. They patronized the San Marcos Hotel to play
golf and attend the annual Chandler Service Club Ball; Anna took knitting lessons there as well. Sometimes
Anna attended mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church. They often went with friends to see the latest movies in
Mesa, or drove forty minutes west along Baseline Road, past rows of citrus groves and flower gardens, to visit
downtown Phoenix. In 1948, Jim and Anna moved to San Francisco, where their son Jim, Jr. was born. They
didn't stay long and moved back to the house by the next year.
While living in the house, Jim tried his hand at farming the surrounding 350 acres, growing common crops like
cotton and alfalfa, and less common crops as well. He later recalled:
You think you are gonna find a wonderful new crop to grow, and its going to be the answer to
all the farming problems. So one year I grew castor beans because they were using castor
bean oil in the lubrication of jet engines. And then a couple years later I decided that flax might
be a good crop—I think I grew 40 acres of it—the paint companies contracted and they used it
for linseed oil. I tried that one year. I never did find the perfect answer, so I just went back to
cotton and alfalfa.
Other farms surrounded the Lochheads' farm. East of the house, the Andersen family grew cotton and alfalfa.
Further north, the Thude family owned a small dairy and raised cotton and alfalfa. Arthur Price owned
farmland west of the Lochheads, and just north of the house along Chandler Boulevard was a small dairy.
Next to the dairy was the tiny settlement of Hightown, where primarily agricultural workers of Mexican and
Yaqui descent lived.
Jim hired local crews, including entire families, to work in the cotton fields. Workers helped thin plants in the
spring and harvested in the fall. Entire families worked long hours in the fields, filling their sacks as quickly as
possible. Most of the workers were local black, Mexican American or Yaqui residents, coming from south
Phoenix, Guadalupe and Tempe.
Jim continued his family's close business ties with the Bogles, selling his alfalfa to the Pecos Valley Milling
Company and ginning his cotton at the Bogle Gin in the Ocotillo area of Chandler. One part of the farm
contained very sandy soil which, he soon discovered, would destroy the young cotton plants when the winds
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which formed an alkali on the ground. Interestingly, the Austin family living in the area in the teens and 1920s
also encountered problems with salty water and had tried digging several wells to locate good drinking water.
Eventually, the Austins had to haul their drinking water from Tempe. This potential problem became one of
the reasons Jim eventually decided to sell the farm.
Figure 4. Aerial view of Section 36, Township 1 South, Range 4 East, 1949. The section is bounded by
present-day Chandler Boulevard to the north, Pecos Road to the south (not visible in this photo), Price Road
to the east, and McClintock Road to the west. The McCullough-Price House is located at the center of the
section. Courtesy Flood Control District of Maricopa County.

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In 1950, Jack Bogle spoke to Jim about selling the farm and the house, due to their concerns over the high
salt content in the water. The Lochheads decided to move to north Phoenix and sold the land to Arthur and
Louise Price, who owned much of the adjacent land to the west of their property.
The Price Family
After purchasing the land, Arthur and Louise Price moved from downtown Chandler into the home. Louise's
family's roots in the Chandler area date to the late 1800s when her uncle, Dr. A.J. Chandler, first arrived. In
1888, A.J.'s younger brother, Harry, traveled from Michigan to Arizona to visit. In a memoir, Harry's wife,
Bertha, recalled that he "felt that the west had opportunities, and (he) was instrumental in getting men with
money interested in the (Arizona) country."
Following Harry and Bertha's marriage in 1891, the newlyweds moved to Phoenix, where Harry operated a
drug store and a shoe store. The couple lived in an adobe home located near 2nd Avenue and Adams Street,
where the Orpheum Theatre now stands. By 1897, Harry and Bertha had moved to Mesa, with their daughters
Marian (born 1893) and Louise (born 1895), both of whom spent their early years with their mother in
Michigan. Harry organized and became president of the Southside Gas and Electric Company in Mesa. He
operated this business, which served Mesa, Tempe and Chandler, until 1929, when he sold it to the Central
Arizona Light & Power Company. He began a farm in 1905, growing alfalfa and grains, and added dairy and
beef cattle and hogs after 1911. His daughter Marian eventually managed the operations of the farm before
and after Harry's death. Harry also helped organize the Mesa Public School system and was president of the
Roosevelt Water Conservation District.
Meanwhile, Marian and Louise grew up in the Mesa area and eventually entered the private Mt. Ida School in
Newton, Massachusetts. Upon graduation from Mt. Ida, both sisters entered college. Louise enrolled at the
University of California in Berkeley, pursuing a degree in Literature. While living in Mesa, Louise met a young
Arthur Price, who worked closely with her uncle, A.J. They married in 1918 in Arkansas, during the time
Arthur was serving in World War I. After her marriage, Louise returned to school, finished her studies and
graduated in 1921.
Arthur Price, born in 1889 in Eberton, Washington, graduated from Washington State University in 1909,
majoring in history and economics. He then attended Harvard Law School for two years before returning to
his home state where he received a law degree from the University of Washington in 1912. He traveled to
California looking for a place to begin his career but decided to try the Phoenix area for business opportunities.
In Arizona he passed the state bar exam and became a legal counselor for A.J. Chandler in 1913, at the age
of twenty-four. Price originally intended to stay in Chandler for a short time in order to gain more legal
experience before returning to Phoenix, but changed his mind after working for Dr. Chandler, whom he called
"a natural builder with foresight to the future." Price ultimately opened his own law practice, with an office in
the Bank of Chandler building.
As the only lawyer in the fledgling settlement of Chandler, Arthur wrote the town's incorporation papers,
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Chandler's Chamber of Commerce in 1914 and served as Chamber's charter president. In 1916, he became
Chandler's first Justice of the Peace. Arthur served in World War I with the first contingent of soldiers from
Arizona and was commissioned at Camp Pike in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served in France and became an
artillery instructor. Once he returned to Chandler, he and Louise purchased a home on Washington Street
near present-day Chandler Boulevard. Arthur worked as company attorney for Dr. Chandler's Chandler
Improvement Company until 1930, when he shifted his focus to land development and farming as he began
purchasing land in west Chandler and Chandler Heights.
By this time, Arthur and Louise had three children: Harriet, born 1920; Suzanne, born 1922; and Arthur, born
1927. The children grew up in Chandler, attending Chandler Grammar School and Chandler High School.
They spent many hours with their grandfather, Harry, and their great-uncle, A.J., or "Uncle Alex," as they
called him. Harriet attended Stanford and remained in California, and Arthur died in a plane crash at the age
of twenty-one. After graduation from Chandler High in 1939, Suzanne attended Mills College in Oakland,
California, and then the University of Arizona. She married Jack Propstra in 1943. After their marriage, they
lived in Colorado and Washington, traveling to Arizona to visit Arthur and Louise with their three children,
John, Diane, and Marilyn.
By 1950, Arthur and Louise had purchased the present-day Price House and 350 acres from the Lochhead
family. The Price family may have owned as much as 1,000 acres of land in west Chandler by this time. They
joined other families such as the Thudes, Andersens, Dobsons and Taylors as major operators of west
Chandler farms. By moving to this home, Arthur could be closer to his land and farming operations in the west
Chandler area. He primarily raised cotton and cattle, importing many of his cattle from Mexico.
During the 1950s, the small town of Chandler began to increase in population as post-war migration brought in
new residents. Local homebuilders started new subdivisions and the town slowly spread out to the north, but
agricultural fields continued to dominate the landscape. In 1954, the town of Chandler gained municipal status
and became a city with a population of 5,200 residents, yet agriculture remained a major part of the economy.
By the early 1950s the cotton industry contributed $3 million to the local economy, twelve cotton gins operated
in the area, and alfalfa crops continued to be processed primarily at the Pecos Valley Milling Company. Many
Chandler farmers invested in mechanized picking machines to cut down on labor costs and speed harvesting.
Local ranchers raised over 9,000 head of cattle and sheep. Families like the Prices still traveled down dusty
dirt or concrete roads to make the trip into town for shopping, entertainment, and everyday needs.
Suzanne and her family visited Arthur and Louise more frequently after they moved to Phoenix in 1953, where
Jack opened his business, the House of Trophies. The house remained mostly unchanged from the time of its
construction. Louise maintained the house with the help of her maid, Julie, an African American woman.
Diane, Suzanne's second-oldest child, has many memories of the house she visited from the early 1950s to
the 1960s:
I remember it seemed palatial, and now it looks small compared to what has been built since. It
was very peaceful driving down the road there. My grandfather (Arthur) loved to have flowers
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Chandler included it as part of a nearly eight square mile annexation that doubled the city's size. By this time,
Chandler's population had reached nearly 15,000.
The land around the McCullough-Price house was used for farming up until the 1980s, when it was sold for
residential development. Rows of new homes ate up former cotton fields when Pulte Homes purchased a
large amount of land just west of the house and constructed the Hearthstone subdivision. In 2001, Suzanne
negotiated with retail developer Westcor to initiate the construction of the present-day Chandler Fashion
Center. Today the house, surrounded by subdivisions and parking lots, sits on what remains of the original
farmland.
Reflecting on how the McCullough-Price house symbolizes the pioneering spirit of early Chandler settlers,
Diane Propstra Willian commented:
It's important to remember what the city was like before development hit. Nobody thought
anything of Chandler... If you think about how he (Arthur Price) came from Washington, how
he got to Arizona at that point in time is just remarkable—to think that people would have the
foresight to say this place is really worth developing. It had to be so hot and so miserable, and
these people could have lived anywhere. I think the home is like an outward and visible symbol
of how he thought and how he lived his life.
Conclusion
The history of the McCullough-Price House begins with a wealthy Midwestern family looking for a place to
spend mild winters and take part in the burgeoning agricultural opportunities in the Chandler area. The crops
planted on the home's surrounding fields bolstered the local economy and provided the raw materials like
alfalfa and cotton for products in national and international markets. These fields also provided work for local
African American and Mexican American laborers. The house became a home for a newly married couple just
beginning their lives and later provided a quiet place for an older couple with deep ties to the city's founding
and agricultural development. It eventually housed families who tried their hand at rental farming, as the city's
urban growth crept nearer and nearer. The house, with its distinctive southwestern flair that contrasted with
other traditional farmhouses scattered about Chandler, remained virtually unchanged over time.
As in 1913 when Arthur Price arrived in the tiny, dusty town of Chandler and soon realized its potential for
development, at the age of 79 he continued to predict the city's successful growth, as an urban center rather
than a farming community. In 1968, three years before his death, a local newspaper provided the following
quote from Arthur Price:
This community and the surrounding area are really just beginning to move toward larger
things. We have a lot going for us—industry in Chandler, proximity to the new freeways and
other factors. I think Chandler is on the threshold of great growth and that all of this area will be
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The McCullough-Price House now stands completely surrounded by the urban growth that Price predicted,
symbolizing Chandler's rural yet progressive past.
The Architecture
The McCullough-Price House is significant as the best example of Pueblo Revival-style architecture in the city
of Chandler. Relatively few examples of this style were built in Chandler during the historic time period, and
the McCullough-Price House is best of the group, in terms of size, workmanship and design. It also ranks
among the best examples of Pueblo Revival-style houses in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Pueblo Revival Style
The Pueblo Revival Style was derived from late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Southwest Pueblos of
the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico and Arizona. It blended aspects of both Native American pueblos and
early structures built by Spanish colonists in Mexico. Although it was an authentic regional style, the Pueblo
Revival was first introduced in California where actual pueblos were not built. In 1894, Boston architect A.C.
Schweinfurth designed a new hotel in Montalvo, California, generally considered the first modern building done
in the Pueblo Revival Style.
The style became most popular, however, in Arizona and New Mexico, areas where the original prototypes
survive. The style was especially popular in New Mexico, a state which contributed a modified replica of the
Acoma church and convent to the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego in 1915. It is particularly
common in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, where it endures today, in part because of special design standards in
the cities' historic districts.
Pueblo Revival buildings imitate the hand-finishes of their Native American prototypes. Corners are often
blunted or rounded, and wall surfaces are typically given irregular, stuccoed textures. In addition, rough-hewn
"vigas" or roof beams, window lintels and porch supports carry out the hand-built theme. The stepped-back
roof line of the original pueblos is often used. Like the original pueblos, many of the revival buildings feature
adobe construction, although brick, concrete block and wood frame construction are also common.
A local variation of the style, termed the "Southwest Style" in Historic Homes of Phoenix: An Architectural &
Preservation Guide, combines elements of the Pueblo Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. This
variation, which utilizes both the stuccoed, flat roofed, boxlike forms of the Pueblo Revival and the low-pitched
gables and red tile roofing of the Spanish Colonial Revival, was much more common in the Salt River Valley
than was the pure Pueblo Revival. It represents a natural borrowing and blending of neighboring design
influences—pueblo forms from New Mexico and Texas to the east, and Spanish motifs from California to the
west. A second local variation, which combines the Pueblo Revival form with elements of the Modernistic
styles, is termed "Pueblo Deco." This variation was also more common than the pure Pueblo Revival and
appears in several upscale residences and commercial buildings from the late 1920s to the 1940s.

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Although the Pueblo Revival Style was primarily used for residences, it was also commonly used for buildings
associated with parks or resorts. Examples of park buildings utilizing the style include the Arizona Museum at
University Park, and the Webster Auditorium (NRHP listed 6/14/1990) at Papago Park, both in Phoenix. The
administration building at South Mountain Park is also designed in the Pueblo Revival Style, although it
features wails of native stone rather stucco. Several resorts utilized the style, using it to evoke a romanticized
view of the "old Southwest." Examples include the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park; the Jokake Inn and
Squaw Peak Inn (NRHP listed 7/19/1996) in Phoenix; and the Camelback Inn in Paradise Valley.
In Chandler, the Pueblo Revival Style is rare, as are other Period Revival styles, such as Tudor, Colonial,
Classical and Italian Renaissance. According to the Chandler Historic Resource Survey, prepared by Alliance
Architects in 1998, less than one tenth of the historic housing stock in the survey area represented the Period
Revival era. Where Period Revival designs occur, they usually follow the precedent of the San Marcos Hotel
and the several Mission Revival-style commercial buildings found in the Chandler Commercial Historic District
(NRHP listed 9/22/2000). Only one example of the Pueblo Revival Style is recorded in the survey, located at
308 N. Washington Street. While this house is a good representation of the style, it is much more modest in
size (1,221 sq. ft. vs. 3,308 sq. ft.) and workmanship than the McCullough-Price House.
The McCullough-Price House also compares favorably to other examples of Pueblo Revival-style residences
found throughout the Valley. The table below lists 16 of the best examples, along with their location, architect,
construction date and size. Of the examples listed, the McCullough-Price ranks fifth in terms of size.
NAME
Converse, Ralph, House
Eisendrath, Rose, House
Pueblo Revival Residence
Encanto Model Home ("The
Indian House")*
McCullough-Price House
Arnold, Oren, Residence**
Boies, Cal, House
Bohn, Louis, House
Pueblo Revival Residence
Pueblo Revival Residence***
Pueblo Revival Residence
Boone, Daniel, House
Clark, W.W., House
ADDRESS
661 7 N. Central
Ave.
1400 N. College
Ave.
9 E. Country Club
Dr.
2040 Encanto Dr.
SE
300 S. Chandler
Village Dr.
34 W. Pasadena
Ave.
301 W. Mariposa St.
8001 N. 7m St.
8048 S. 14m St.
1 1 46 W. Culver St.
46 E. Greenway Rd.
1 720 W. Elm St.
345 E. Catalina Dr.
CITY
Phoenix
Tempe
Phoenix
Phoenix
Chandler
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
ARCHITECT
Unknown
Robert Evans
Unknown
Unknown
Lescher &
Mahoney
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
YEAR
BUILT
1935
1930
ca.1922
ca.1929
1938
ca.1944
ca.1930
1928
ca.1930
ca.1931
ca.1927
1940
1939
HOUSE
SIZE
(sq- ft.)
7,262
5,250
4,896
3,345
3,308
3,072
2,357
2,328
2,097
1,773
1,751
1,592
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NAME
Pueblo Revival Residence***
Wilkie/Pueblo Revival House
Williams, R.L, House
ADDRESS
1 1 02 W. Culver St.
1290S. Maple Ave.
308 N. Washington
St.
CITY
Phoenix
Tempe
Chandler
ARCHITECT
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
YEAR
BUILT
ca.1936
1937
ca.1940
HOUSE
SIZE
(sq. ft.)
1,453
1,222
1,221
Table 1. Pueblo Revival-style residences in the Phoenix metropolitan area built prior to 1957. Sources:
Maricopa County Assessor and historic property surveys obtained from the cities of Chandler, Phoenix and
Tempe. *Listed on National Register as contributor to Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District. **Listed on National
Register as contributor to Medlock Place Historic District. ***Listed on National Register as contributor to F. Q.
Story Historic District. The remaining residences are not listed on the National Register either as individual
properties or as contributors to a historic district.
The Architects
The McCullough-Price House is one of only a handful of buildings in the Chandler area designed by the prolific
Phoenix architectural firm of Lescher & Mahoney. This firm, who primarily designed commercial and
institutional buildings, was responsible for many of Arizona's architectural landmarks. The McCullough-Price
House represents the best remaining work of Lescher & Mahoney in the city of Chandler.
The firm was known for its aesthetic designs and technical excellence, responding to the needs of each client
and to the popular styles of the era. Lescher & Mahoney's designs do not necessarily have a personalized
style, as do the work of some contemporary architects whose designs have a signature "look," but rather have
forms that respond to the time, place and function of each commission. Considering that their work spans a
period of 65 years and represents nearly every conceivable architectural style, the high aesthetic qualities that
they were able to maintain are truly remarkable.
Royal W. Lescher
The senior partner in the firm, Royal W. Lescher, was born August 12, 1882, in Galesburg, Illinois. He moved
with his family at an early age to Carpinteria, California, and in 1902 graduated from the Throop Polytechnic
Institute (now the California Institute of Technology).
After graduation, Lescher worked for the Pacific Railway Company of Los Angeles under the direction of E.S.
Cobb, a bridge engineer. In 1904, Lescher relocated to Buffalo, New York, where he worked for an
architectural firm. After four years, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, to work with Thornton Fitzhugh, one of the
leading architects in the Arizona Territory. For Fitzhugh, Lescher helped with the design of the First Federal
Savings & Loan Building and a ward of the territorial hospital in Phoenix; the territorial prison at Florence; and
the Chandler Court apartments in Mesa. After working for Fitzhugh for two years, Lescher decided to start his
own practice. In 1910, he purchased the office equipment of W.A. Bleisner and opened his own firm.

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For his first project, Lescher won a competition to design the West End School, a two-room schoolhouse in
Phoenix. Following this first commission, Lescher received two other school design jobs—a new building for
the Littleton School District in Cashion and a two-room addition to the original Murphy School. Over the years,
Lescher and his associates became the leading designers of school buildings in Arizona. They designed
elementary and high school buildings in every county in the state.
Lescher & Kibbev
After the three small school jobs, Lescher received his first big commission. In 1911, he received a contract to
design the Woman's Club of Phoenix at a cost of $16,500. Two years later, Lescher's expanding practice led
him to take in John R. Kibbey as a partner, and the firm became known as Lescher & Kibbey.
Significant Lescher & Kibbey buildings include the Mohave County Courthouse and Jail (NRHP listed
8/25/1983), Graham County Courthouse (5/25/1982), Florence Union High School (6/22/1987), Globe High
School, Gilbert Elementary School (6/16/1980), Brophy College Chapel (8/10/1993) and Aspen Hall in
Phoenix.
Lescher. Kibbev & Mahonev
The increasing number of large commissions led Lescher to expand his firm once again. In 1917, 25-year old
Leslie J. Mahoney joined the firm. Born January 21, 1892, in DeSoto, Missouri, Mahoney was the son of a
building contractor and traveled widely with his father during childhood. He studied liberal arts at Santa Clara
College and later became a designer with the Los Angeles architectural firm of Allison & Allison. When a
friend wrote that he was leaving his job with Lescher & Kibbey because Phoenix was too hot for his taste,
Mahoney said he would take his place. He wrote to Royal Lescher and asked for $50 in train fare to come to
Phoenix.
By 1921, Mahoney had been taken in as a partner and the firm became known as Lescher, Kibbey &
Mahoney. However, in 1923, Kibbey left the firm, succumbing to the lures of California, where he became a
movie set designer.
Significant Lescher, Kibbey & Mahoney buildings include Peoria High School, Scottsdale High School, Jerome
High School, and Temple Beth Israel and Balsz Elementary School in Phoenix.
Lescher & Mahonev
Upon Kibbey's departure, the name of the firm was changed to Lescher & Mahoney. From 1923 until the firm
was sold in 1975, the firm was both prolific and groundbreaking. Mahoney kept careful track of each job; by
the time he retired, the list of jobs totaled 2,541. Over 19,000 of the firm's drawings are preserved at the
archives of the Arizona Historical Society in Tempe. The firm designed many of the major public and
institutional buildings in Phoenix through the 1950s and designed buildings throughout the state. The vast

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majority of their early work centered on public buildings such as schools, courthouses and hospitals. After
1930, their major projects shifted to commercial commissions, primarily in Phoenix.
The firm worked in numerous styles, conforming to the trends of the time. Major buildings in the early years
were primarily Classical Revival in style. By the mid-1920s, the firm's work shifted toward other Period Revival
styles, particularly Spanish Colonial Revival, though often retaining the formality and symmetry associated with
the earlier Classical Revival forms. During the shift, the firm became more active in commercial buildings.
This is best represented by the Spanish Colonial Revival-style Orpheum Theatre (NRHP listed 9/4/1985),
constructed in Phoenix in 1929. The firm's pragmatic approach to architecture and design versatility served
them well as predominant styles changed. This stylistic shift continued with the Art Deco-influenced Title &
Trust Building (NRHP listed 9/4/1985), constructed in 1931, and was essentially complete with the construction
of Hanny's (NRHP listed 9/6/1985), an International-style department store which opened in 1947.
A Guide to the Architecture of Metro Phoenix, published by the Central Arizona Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects in 1983, lists and briefly describes 10 buildings designed by Lescher & Mahoney. This is
a large number for a single firm and includes a diverse body of work: two schools, two government buildings,
an office building, a theater, a post office, a church, a building on the Arizona State University campus, and
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum.
As of November 12, 2007, a total of 25 buildings designed by Lescher & Kibbey or Lescher & Mahoney were
individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings are shown in the table below:
ARCHITECT
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
STATE
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
COUNTY
Graham
Maricopa
Maricopa
Mohave
Pinal
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
RESOURCE NAME
Graham County Courthouse
Brophy College Chapel
Gilbert Elementary School
Mohave County Courthouse & Jail
Florence Union High School
Arizona Citrus Growers Association
Warehouse
Cartwright School
El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium
Glendale High School Auditorium
Hanny's
Irving School
Kitchell, Denison, House
Knights of Pythias Building
Maricopa County Courthouse
Moeur, B. B., Activity Building
Orpheum Theater
Pay'n Takit #5
Ross, John M., House
DATE LISTED
5/25/1982
8/10/1993
6/16/1980
8/25/1983
6/22/1987
9/4/1985
8/12/1993
3/9/1989
5/2/2006
9/6/1985
11/8/2000
5/19/1994
9/4/1985
2/10/1989
9/11/1985
9/4/1985
9/4/1985
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ARCHITECT
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
STATE
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
COUNTY
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Maricopa
Yuma
RESOURCE NAME
Title & Trust Building
U.S. Post Office
Whitney, J. T., Funeral Home
Whtttier, John G., School
Wickenburg High School & Annex
Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
Mohawk Valley School
DATE LISTED
9/4/1985
2/10/1983
9/4/1985
8/12/1993
7/10/1986
7/10/1986
12/29/1986
Table 2. National Register-listed properties designed by Lescher & Kibbey and Lescher & Mahoney.
Lescher, Kibbey & Mahoney-designed properties are listed. Source: National Park Service.
No
In addition to these properties, the John R. Kibbey-designed C.H. Tinker House in Glendale, Arizona, is also
listed (1/11/2006).
The firm also designed contributing buildings in several National Register-listed historic districts. These
include the Country Club Park (12/21/1994) and Windsor Square Historic Districts (12/13/2000) in Phoenix,
the Fort Tuthill Historic District in Flagstaff (4/6/2004), the Florence Townsite Historic District (10/26/1982), the
Kingman Commercial Historic District (listed 5/14/1986) & the Globe Downtown Historic District (5/28/1987).
Of the firm's 2,541 commissions, only 25 of them were in Chandler or the surrounding area. The table below
shows a list of the commissions (sorted chronologically):
NAME
Arizona Eastern Railroad
- Station Agent's
Residence
San Marcos Hotel -
Help's Quarters
Peterson, H.L.,
Residence
Friedberg, Joseph, Store
Building
First National Bank
Building
Reliable Hardware Co.
Store Building
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints,
Chandler Ward - Church
Building
LOCATION
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
ARCHITECT
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
DATE
Unknown
1917
1918
Apr.
1919
1919
1919
Jun.
1919
COMMISSION
NUMBER
126
225
248
270
271
274
276
STATUS
Demolished
Unknown
Intact
Intact
Intact
Intact
Demolished

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NAME
Stapley, O.S., Store
Building
Johnson, W.M.,
Residence
Ames, Dr., Residence
Chandler Ice Co. - Ice
Storage Building
San Marcos Hotel - Hotel
Building
Chandler, Dr. A.J.,
Residence ("Hacienda de
la Chandler")
Brinton, Helen, Guest
Cottage Residence
(additions & alterations)
McCullough, Mr. William
D., Residence
Chandler Improvement
Co., 50 Houses - FHA
Chandler, Dr. & Mrs. A.J.,
Cottage (additions)
El Rancho Theater (Mr. &
Mrs. J.H. Woods, owners)
White Cross Drug Co.
(alterations)
Porter, Mr.,
Slaughterhouse
Williams Air Force Base -
Officer's Club (additions)
M.S.T.&T. Chandler-
1962 Dial Building
(addition)
Williams Air Force Base -
Medical Facilities
LOCATION
Chandler
Chandler
West of
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Unknown
West of
Chandler
West of
Chandler
Chandler
San
Marcos
Hotel,
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
Near
Chandler
Heights
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler
ARCHITECT
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher & Kibbey
Lescher, Kibbey &
Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
Lescher & Mahoney
DATE
Dec.
1919
1920
May
1921
Apr.
1926
Nov.
1926
Oct.
1929
Dec.
1936
Feb.
1938
1941
May
1944
Aug.
1944
1944
Nov.
1945
Nov.
1955
May
1961
Jun.
1969
COMMISSION
NUMBER
308
335
338
455
471
575
755
828
1042
1155
1164
1189
1295
2000
2263
2496
STATUS
intact
Unknown
Unknown
Demolished
Unknown
Demolished
Unknown
Intact
Unknown
Demolished
Never Built
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE
National Register Forms
Dorigo, Gabriela. Sacred Heart Home for the Aged, Phoenix, Arizona. Draft National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form. No date.
Weight, Kevin. Chandler High School, Chandler, Arizona. National Register of Historic Places Registration
Form. June 7, 2007.
Historic Property Surveys
Alliance Architects, L.L.C. Chandler Historic Resource Survey. 1998.
Laird, Linda, & Associates. City of Chandler Historic & Architectural Survey - Final Report. 1984.
Books
American Institute of Architects, Central Arizona Chapter. A Guide to the Architecture of Metro Phoenix.
Phoenix: Phoenix Publishing, Inc., 1983.
Baker, John Milnes. American House Styles: A Concise Guide. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994.
Blumenson, John J.-G. Identifying American Architecture. Nashville: Association for State and Local History,
1981.
Cooper/Roberts Architects, AIA. Historic Homes of Phoenix: An Architectural & Preservation Guide. Phoenix:
City of Phoenix, 1992.
Luckingham, Bradford. Phoenix: The History of a Southwestern Metropolis. Tucson: The University of
Arizona Press, 1989.
McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Arizona. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co., 1901.
Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1984.
Solliday, Scott. Chandler: Pioneer City of the New West. Chandler, Arizona: Chandler Historical Society,
1996.

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