Sahuaro Ranch Residence

Sahuaro Ranch Residence consisted of two rambling buildings separated by a courtyard: the Main House, built in 1895 and used until 1898 as the ranch superintendent's residence, and the Guest House, built in 1898 as an intended extension containing only bedrooms and bathrooms, after which the two buildings served as a winter home for the ranch owner's family and friends. In 1899, The Arizona Graphic remarked that the residence was unlike characteristic Arizona farm houses, with thirteen bedrooms, eight with baths, and a summer lawn filled with roses. The first roses were planted at Sahuaro Ranch in 1890, and by 1910 more than 1,000 rose bushes covered nearly an acre in front of the ranch. Most of the date palms around the Main House were planted as seedlings in 1891, were among the first grown in the Salt River Valley, and had borne fruit since 1897. The Main House porch dated from 1895, the Guest House porch was built in 1898, and the porches were restored in 2003 with support from the Arizona Historic Preservation Fund and the city of Glendale.

Glendale, Arizona · United States