PRESERVATION NEWS

2006
Government Performance and Results Act Annual Products Report for CLGs

Fall - Winter 2004
Mayor Hugh Hallman's remarks from 2004 SHPO Conference

Fall - Winter 2003
East Valley Historic Preservation Coalition

Spring - Summer 2003
Post WWII Subdivisions Map [.pdf]

Spring - Summer 2002
Historic Preservation Office Location
City Dedicates Eisendrath House + Open Space  
Downtown Walk Through History - 11 May 2002

Ongoing
New Preservation Officer Appointed
New Additions to the Tempe Register

Archives
ASU's Old Main Restoration
Valley Art Theatre Grand Reopening
Hayden Flour Mill Development Proposal
Vanished Tempe [Demolished Buildings]
Goodwin House Demolished
Ellingson Warehouse [Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill]
  Andre Building Fire
C.T. Hayden House [Monti's La Casa Vieja]
Restore America visits Elias-Rodriguez
Farmer-Goodwin as Bed & Breakfast

Re-roofing of the National Register listed Farmer-Goodwin House has been completed. This project was assisted by a preservation grant from the Arizona Heritage Fund. Re-plastering with an adobe-based formula, has also been completed. The owners plan to open the home as a bed & breakfast inn. 

The reconstruction of the 5,500 square foot Ellingson Warehouse (20 West Sixth Street) opened spring 2000 as Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill. Reconstruction included the construction of a new frame, recalling the shape and structure of the original.  Original brick, salvaged after the 1987 fire, was used to face the building.   The original building was constructed in 1909 on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Maple Avenue.  Throughout its life, the Ellingson Warehouse has served as an arsenal, a ceramic company, a freezer factory, and Hick's Machine Shop.

The National Register listed Charles T. Hayden House (Monti's La Casa Vieja) has completed a window rehabilitation project at the restaurant located on the southwest corner of Rio Salado Parkway and Mill Avenue.  Custom-made windows were placed where the original openings in the walls existed.  Portions of La Casa Vieja date back to 1873.
The project was assisted by a 1998 Arizona Heritage Grant.
Visit http://www.primenet.com/~montis/ to learn more about the building, and make reservations for lunch or dinner.

The rehabilitation of the National Register listed Elias-Rodriguez House was featured in an episode of "Restore America", on the Home & Garden (HGTV) cable television network . In addition, the Mexican-American experience in Tempe, as it relates to the built environment, was also discussed. The rehabilitation project is assisted by a preservation grant from the Arizona Heritage Fund.  The weekly half-hour "Restore America" series premiered Sunday July 4th, and is hosted by Bob Vila.  Each episode features one state in the Union, with a special celebration culminating July 4th, 2000.  The Arizona episode aired Sunday July 18, 1999 at 10:00 p.m. (EST).