Gage/Murphy House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

One of 127 National Register listings published here for Yavapai County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 105 S. Alarcon, Prescott, 86301
When was it listed? December 1978
Category. building
Also known as. Prescott Territorial Buildings MRA
Census division. Prescott
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 78003230 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

433 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 433 fires within 5 miles of Gage/Murphy House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 25 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	180
Recreation and ceremony	92
Natural	87
Arson/incendiarism	25
Smoking	16
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Debris and open burning	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	APPLE
5 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	MORGAN
4 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	CARNATION
30 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	SENATOR
30 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	WILLOW SPRINGS
30 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	HIGHLAND
3 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Prescott National Forest	SLASH
28 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Gage/Murphy House: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 6 unknowns, 5 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bullwhacker Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	1878, 1879, 1936
Convergens	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	Past Producer
Double L Lode	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Groom Creek Property	Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Hoot Owl Claim	Silver, Gold, Lead	Prospect
Linden Property	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	Prospect
New Strike 1-7 M S 4593	Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
New Strike Mine	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold	Producer	1936, 1967
Patented Claims M S 1309, 3736,	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Silver Flake Mine	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Cobalt	Producer	1885, 1895, 1954

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this property

60 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prescott, the town this property stands in, in 66 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 33 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	2 hurt, $18,000,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	1 hurt	A micro burst pushed over a crane and it collapsed an under-construction riding arena. All the steal beams in-place for the arena fell down. The 67-year-old crane operator suffered head, back, and shoulder injuries. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	$50,000	A thunderstorm caused lots of wind damage (mostly downed tree branches) and 0.75 to 1.10 inches of rain in the Prescott and Dewey areas.
September 2003	Lightning	Prescott	$10,000	Lightning struck a radio station in Sedona and caused $10,000 damage to electrical equipment.
August 2003	Lightning	Prescott	$10,000	Lightning hit a radio station and caused $10,000 damage to electrical equipment.
August 2003	Lightning	Prescott	$5,000	Lightning hit an apartment building and started a fire. The fire caused $5,000 damage. Street flooding hampered firefighting efforts.
August 1998	Tornado (F0)	Prescott	$4,000	A house under construction was destroyed by an F0 tornado. A neighbour to the house under construction reported he saw a narrow, rotating cloud that extended from the ground to the base of a thunderstorm. This rotating cloud moved from about 300 yards away from the house under construction into the house under construction. The walls of the house were removed from the foundation and reduced to 2 x 4 inch stock and 4 by 8 feet sheets of plywood. This material was suspended in air about 30 seconds.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several telephone poles.
July 2023	Hail	Prescott	-	A spotter relayed a picture that showed a mixture of dime, nickel, and quarter sized hail.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	The river gauge on Granite Creek rose 2.5 feet above base flow.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused Granite Creek to rise 2.9 feet in an hour at the Granite Creek Gauge (GCRA3).
June 2015	Heavy Rain	Prescott	-	A train spotter reported 2.50 inches of rain in just 45 minutes just west of Prescott Valley. Seven homes had minor flooding.
July 2014	Heavy Rain	Prescott	-	The Coop observer in Prescott reported 1.63 inches in about 90 minutes. Local street flooding was also observed.
July 2006	Hail	Prescott	-	Nickel sized hail was reported about 10 miles south of Prescott.
September 2006	Heavy Rain	Prescott	-	Heavy rain fell over a large portion of Yavapai County from Prescott to Ash Fork. A spotter in Chino Valley reported about an inch of rain in just fifteen minutes with a total of over three inches of rain. Lowland flooding was observed near Paulden. Water was running over Highway 89 and was closed in several locations between mile posts 324 and 331.
September 2006	Hail	Prescott	-	Penny to Nickel sized hail fell from Prescott to one mile west of Prescott.
September 2006	Hail	Prescott	-	Penny sized hail was reported in Highland Pines...about 12 miles southwest of Prescott.
July 2006	Funnel Cloud	Prescott	-	A funnel cloud was seen eight to ten miles south of Prescott.
August 2004	Lightning	Prescott	-	Lightning knocked out power to 4,000 customers in the Prescott area.
September 2003	Hail	Prescott	-	Pea to penny sized (1/4 to 3/4 inch diameter) hail was reported in Highland Pines west of Prescott.
September 2003	Hail	Prescott	-	Dime sized (3/4 inch diameter) hail was reported in Prescott.
August 2003	Hail	Prescott	-	3/4 inch diameter hail was reported 10 miles northeast of Prescott.
August 2003	Hail	Prescott	-	3/4 inch diameter hail was reported in Prescott.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Creeks were flowing over Thumb Butte Road.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Vehicles were stranded on Cherry Road in Prescott due to water across the road. Yuma Drive was also flooded.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	-	A thunderstorm in northeast Prescott produced a wind gust of 61 MPH. This storm also produced two inches of rain and pea sized hail.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Heavy rain caused flooding in the Prescott area. Several low water crossings were impassable. Willow Creek was flooding. A spotter in Chino Valley reported 0.60 inches of rain in just 15 minutes.
July 2002	Hail	Prescott	-	One inch hail was reported in Prescott.
July 2001	Hail	Prescott	-	Three-quarter inch hail covered the ground to one half inch deep in Prescott Valley.
June 2000	Funnel Cloud	Prescott	-	A weather spotter in Prescott reported a funnel cloud 10 to 15 miles southwest of Prescott.
July 2000	Hail	Prescott	-	A weather spotter reported 3/4 inch hail and heavy rain on the south end of Prescott.
July 2000	Hail	Prescott	-	Yavapai County Sheriff reported one inch hail in Prescott.
July 2000	Hail	Prescott	-	Public report of nickel sized hail.
July 2000	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Public report of street flooding in Prescott and Granite Creek nearly out of it's banks.
July 2000	Hail	Prescott	-	Sheriff's office reported quarter sized hail.
September 1999	Tornado (F0)	Prescott	-	Law enforcement officials reported a tornado touching down briefly west of the Prescott Country Club.
August 1998	Lightning	Prescott	-	An isolated thunderstorm dropped heavy rain over downtown Prescott. Doppler radar estimates of 2 to 3 inches of rain fall in two hours caused widespread street flooding. Water rose just above curb level and seeped into a few downtown businesses. Lightning struck two homes, causing minor damage to one.
August 1998	Hail	Prescott	-	A weather spooter reported 1.25 inch diameter hail.
August 1997	Flash Flood	Prescott	-	Minor flooding at the Castle Canyon Mesa area in Prescott Valley.
May 1995	Hail	Prescott	-	Several reports of hail up to three-quarters inches. A spotter reported hail up to one-half inch in diameter covering the ground.
May 1995	Hail	Prescott	-	Several reports of hail up to three-quarters inches. A spotter reported hail up to one-half inch in diameter covering the ground.
September 1995	Hail	Prescott	-	Dime-size hail covered the ground 1.5 inches deep and was accompanied by heavy rain.
June 1994	Hail	Prescott	-	Large limbs were snapped off trees during a thunderstorm.
June 1994	Hail	Prescott	-	Large limbs were snapped off trees during a thunderstorm.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rains and small hail. An observer in Prescott reported a peak gust of 68 mph.
May 2002	Wildfire	Prescott	-	no account filed
July 2002	Heavy Rain	Prescott	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 2001	Heavy Rain	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Funnel Cloud	Prescott	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Prescott	-	no account filed
August 1998	Flood	Prescott	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yavapai County

Newspapers printed here

15,389 digitised pages

8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 2,864 issues, 15,389 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
The Weekly Arizona Miner	1877 to 1885
Arizona Weekly Miner	1874 to 1877
Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner	1903 to 1908
Weekly Journal-Miner	1908 to 1929
The Weekly Arizona Miner	1868 to 1873
Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner	1885 to 1903
Hoof and Horn	1884 to 1889
The Pick and Drill	1897 to 1899

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Head House	under 500 feet	1978
First Congregational Church and Parsonage	under 500 feet	1978
Henry Goldwater House	under 500 feet	1982
Clark House	under 500 feet	1978
Otis House	under 500 feet	1978
Day House	under 500 feet	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78003230 in Record Group 79.
Yavapai County	All 127 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.