Tempe's Historic Districts

A recently completed update of the Tempe Historic Property Survey recommends that three unique groups of buildings be designated as historic districts:

• The Gage Addition Historic District
  The Gage Addition is an area just west of the ASU campus which includes the Maple-Ash neighborhood. It is one of the best preserved and oldest neighborhoods in Tempe, and could qualify as an historic district. It includes homes that were built in the early 1900s, along with newer houses dating to the 1940s and '50s.
  
  
• The Arizona State University Historic District
  The variety of buildings on the ASU campus represent more than a hundred years of history and architecture.
  
  
• The Route 89 Multiple Property Nomination
  More than a dozen buildings along East Apache Boulevard represent the emergence of tourism-related businesses between Mesa and Tempe in the 1940s and '50s. These classic roadside motels and service stations are spread out over a stretch of several miles, so they do not form a typical "district" of closely grouped buildings.
  

Below are lists of some of the buildings in these proposed historic districts, with links to more detailed descriptions from the Tempe Historic Property Survey.

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