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ELIAS-RODRIGUEZ HOUSE
AWARDS
 
"I applaud the dedicated effort of our staff on this
important historic project. Restoration of the
Elias-Rodriguez House commemorates the contributions that Mexican-American
families made in the founding of our community. These awards are quite special
and mean a lot to our community."
- Former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano
The Elias-Rodriguez design team worked with the City of Tempe
on this 10-year restoration project,
which received the following awards:
2001 Award of Merit in Historic Preservation
from the Valley Forward Association
2001 Award of Merit from the Arizona Chapter
of the American Society of Landscape Architects [ASLA]
2002 Heritage Preservation Honor Award
Arizona State Historic Preservation Office
2002 Community Development Block Grant Award
for Historic Preservation from the Arizona Chapter
of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
[NAHRO]
2002 Tempe Beautification Award
Don Hull Environmental Award of Excellence
City of Tempe, TBA Selection Committee
Special thanks to the following employees
who helped to bring numerous preservation awards to Tempe: Mark Vinson, Neil
Calfee, Joe Nucci, Kevin O'Melia, Dr. Amy Douglass, Ted
DeVaul and E. Hansen.
The Elias-Rodriguez House, 927 E. Eighth St., was an adobe
home built incrementally between 1892 and 1912 on Old Eighth Street in one of
Tempe’s earliest settlements. The City of Tempe purchased the house in 1991
and held the dedication of the restored project on May 16, 2001.
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