Tempe Historic Property Survey
| Survey Number: |
HPS-130 |
| Name: |
Ramsey/Painter House |
| Location: |
Demolished/formerly at Guadalupe and Kyrene Roads |
| Year Built: |
1933 |
| Architectural Style: |
National Folk |
The Ramsey/Painter House was built in 1933 for Joe G. Ramsey by Lowell Redden. Joe
Ramsey came to Tempe from Texas in 1917, and farmed in the Kyrene District until 1960. He
also sold real estate and served three terms on the Tempe School Board. Ramsey died in
1962. The property was later sold to Doyle Randell in 1965, and then to Dwight Painter in
1969. Painter continued to operate a farm on the property up into the 1980s.
The Ramsey/Painter House was a single-story building constructed of river cobbles. It
featured an asphalt-shingled steeply-pitched roof with the ridgeline parallel to the front
façade. The central entry was sheltered in a portico with steeply pitched roof and
louvres in the gable end. The portico entry had a round arch. Original windows had been
replaced with plate glass. A frame addition to the rear was also single-story with pitched
roof.
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