Jerome, AZ (5)
**Jerome Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000196, date listed 11/13/1966
Jerome
Jerome, AZ (Yavapai County)
A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...).
One of the most famous and picturesque Arizona mining towns, Jerome's prosperity vas founded on the discovery, by John Rufner and August MokKnnon in 1876, of rich copper ore in the Black Hills of central Arizona. Not until the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad reached Ash Fork in 1882, however, did extraction become profitable.
In 1883 the United Verde Copper Co. was formed, with New York City financial backing, to exploit the deposits. One of these financiers, Eugene Jerome (grandfather of Winston Churchill) gave his name to the wild town that sprang up on the side of Mingus Mountain in 1883.
Perched precariously on the sheer slope of Mingus Mountain, Jerome, with its rickety frame buildings propped on stilts and its narrow, steep streets, retains much of its early appearance and atmosphere. A museum in the center of town displays objects relating to Jerome's early mining history. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Jerome, AZ (5)
**Jerome Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000196, date listed 11/13/1966
Jerome
Jerome, AZ (Yavapai County)
A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...).
One of the most famous and picturesque Arizona mining towns, Jerome's prosperity vas founded on the discovery, by John Rufner and August MokKnnon in 1876, of rich copper ore in the Black Hills of central Arizona. Not until the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad reached Ash Fork in 1882, however, did extraction become profitable.
In 1883 the United Verde Copper Co. was formed, with New York City financial backing, to exploit the deposits. One of these financiers, Eugene Jerome (grandfather of Winston Churchill) gave his name to the wild town that sprang up on the side of Mingus Mountain in 1883.
Perched precariously on the sheer slope of Mingus Mountain, Jerome, with its rickety frame buildings propped on stilts and its narrow, steep streets, retains much of its early appearance and atmosphere. A museum in the center of town displays objects relating to Jerome's early mining history. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...