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Maricopa County Courthouse
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National Register of Historic Places

Maricopa County Courthouse

Also known as County-City Administration Building

On the National Register since 198937 years
Mission/Spanish Colonial RevivalListed 1989Phoenix
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About Maricopa County Courthouse

Maricopa County Courthouse, at 125 W. Washington St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb 10, 1989. The Register lists it for its politics and architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, as it does for 40 other Arizona listings. The listing covers 1.9 acres. 14 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric structure in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 49 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

125 W. Washington St., Phoenix · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Maricopa County CourthouseStart here
  2. 2Orpheum TheaterSpanish Colonial Revival · Built 1929 · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Welnick Arcade Market and Liefgreen Seed Company BuildingBuilding · next door
  4. 4J. W. Walker Building-Central Arizona Light & PowerNeo-Classical Revival · next door
  5. 5First Baptist ChurchItalian Gothic · 0.1 mi on
Around it

33 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BJefferson HotelBuilding0.1 miBTitle and Trust BuildingModerne0.1 miBLuhrs BuildingBuilding0.2 miBFry Building-Baxter BlockVictorian Commercial0.2 miBHanny'sInternational0.2 miBHeard BuildingCommercial0.2 miBProfessional BuildingLos Angeles Moderne · Built 19320.2 miBSan Carlos HotelBuilding0.2 miBU.S. Courthouse and Federal Office BuildingBuilding0.2 miBSecurity Center (Additional Documentation)Second Renaissance Revival0.2 miBUnion StationMission Revival · Built 19230.3 miBStorage WarehouseNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBChambers Transfer & Storage Co.-Central WarehouseTwentieth Century Commercial0.3 miBWestern Wholesale Drug Co. WarehouseTwentieth Century Commercial0.3 miBChambers Transfer & Storage Co.Spanish Colonial Revival0.3 miB6th Avenue Hotel-Windsor HotelModerne0.3 miBValley Plumbing & Sheet MetalModerne0.3 miBFirst Presbyterian ChurchMission/Spanish Colonial Revival0.3 mi
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BPhoenix Motor CompanyBuilt 19300.3 miBFirestoneModerne0.3 miBPhoenix Elementary School District No. 1 Administration BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBWhitney, J. T., Funeral HomePueblo Revival · Built 19260.3 miBAnchor Manufacturing Co.Twentieth Century Commercial0.4 miBPhoenix Seed & Feed CompanyTwentieth Century Warehouse0.4 miBSt. Mary's ChurchMission Revival · Built 18810.4 miBH. M. Coe HouseColonial Revival0.4 miBU.S. Post OfficeEclectic0.4 miBC. A. Larson HouseColonial Revival0.5 miBOng Yut Geong Wholesale MarketTwentieth Century Warehouse0.5 miBGerardo's BuildingTwentieth Century Commercial0.5 miBArvizu's El Fresnal Grocery StoreQueen Anne Commercial0.5 miBAdams SchoolNeo-Classical Revival0.5 miBHotel Westward HoBuilt 19280.5 mi
More like it

Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival.

First Presbyterian Church0.3 mi away
Woodland Historic District0.7 mi away
Oakland Historic District1 mi away
Garfield Historic District (Additional Documentation)1.2 mi away

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Questions about Maricopa County Courthouse

Is Maricopa County Courthouse on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Feb 10, 1989 (Register number 88003237).

Is Maricopa County Courthouse a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Arizona has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Pueblo Grande Ruin, 5.3 miles away.

Can you visit Maricopa County Courthouse?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Maricopa County Courthouse?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 49 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75610246 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.