National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NAT

NPS Form 10-900 OMBNo. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service JUN 302009 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property_____________________________________________________ Historic name Bennitt Mansion______________________________________________ Other names/site number Zacharias Residence_____________________________________ 2. Location street & number 126 E. County Club Dr. D not for publication city of town Phoenix d vicinity State Arizona code AZ county Maricopa code 013 zip code 85014 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination __ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets __ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide X local Signature of certifying official Date State Historic Preservation Officer Arizona State Parks Title State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property _ meets __ does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby, cafrtify that this property is: Date of Action ^/entered in the National Register _ determined eligible for the National Register _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register _ other (explain:) Bennitt Mansion Maricopa, Arizona Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing X private X building(s) 1 1 buildings public - Local district sites public - State site structures public - Federal structure objects private building(s) buildings object 1 1 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) listed in the National Register N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC/single dwelling DOMESTIC/single dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Late 19th and 20th Century Revival/ foundation: Concrete Colonial Revival__________ walls: Adobe Spanish Revival__________ roof: ceramic tile other: Bennitt Mansion__________________ Maricopa, Arizona_______ Name of Property County and State Narrative Description_____________________________________________________ (Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing resources if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, setting, size, and significant features.) Summary Paragraph The Bennitt Mansion is a large private residence (5,084 sq. ft.) constructed in 1928 and designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The mansion is a two story, adobe building distinguished by a low-pitched, hip, clay tile roof. It is a prime example of the upscale, luxurious residences built with its back yard facing the historic Phoenix Country Club, located on a street lined with palm trees. The Bennitt Mansion, located at 126 East Country Club Drive in Phoenix, is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion "C" for the association with the work of master architect, H.H. Green, and as a good example of Spanish Colonial Revival Style residential architecture. Narrative Description See continuation sheets. 7.1 - 7.3. Bennitt Mansion Maricopa, Arizona Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) Architecture A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack 1928 individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Significant Dates 1928 Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply) Significant Person Property is: (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above) owed by a religious institution or used for religious A purposes. Cultural Affiliation B removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. Architect/Builder E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Herbert Harmon (H.H.) Green F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years. Period of Significance (justification) The period of significance (1928) is based on the date of construction of this architecturally significant property; as per guidance in the National Register Bulletin "How to Prepare the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (p. 42). Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) N/A Bennitt Mansion__________________ Maricopa, Arizona_____ Name of Property County and State Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (provide a summary paragraph that includes level of signficance and applicable criteria) The Bennitt Mansion is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as a distinctive example of Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture in Phoenix, Arizona, and as the work of a master architect, Herbert Harmon (H.H.) Green. The property is located in the Phoenix Country Club, which was developed as an elite residential enclave in which a number of high-style, architect-designed houses were constructed during the prosperous era of the 1920s. The property is nominated at the Local level of significance. Narrative Statement of Significance (provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance) See continuation sheets 8.4-8.5. Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate) See continuation sheets 8.5 - 8.6. 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets) Previous documentation on file (NFS): Primary location of additional data: __preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been __State Historic Preservation Office requested __Other State agency __previously listed in the National Register __Federal agency __previously determined eligible by the National Register __Local government designated a National Historic Landmark __University __recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #________ X Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # ________ Name of repository: Phoenix Public Library Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): Bennitt Mansion Maricopa, Arizona Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 0.76 (Do not include previously listed resource acreage) UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 12 401680 3704900 Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (describe the boundaries of the property) 126 East Country Club Drive, East 1A Lot 6 & West Vi Lot 7, Country Club Place; northern boundary is the golf course of Phoenix Country Club. Maricopa County Parcel #118-20-008-A. Boundary Justification (explain why the boundaries were selected) The boundary includes the extant property historically associated with the Bennitt property. It includes the building, the legal description, the special northern border on the second hole of Phoenix Country Club and the specific street address. 11. Form Prepared By name/title David L. Zacharias organization _________ date April 10, 2008 street & number 126E. Country Club Dr. telephone (602)265-3218 city or town Phoenix state AZ zip code 85014 e-mail Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: • Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's

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