George Brown House, 189 Frisco Street, Clifton

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The George Brown House is a typical example of residential architectural patterns in north Clifton. Description: The George Brown House is set at the north end of Frisco Street, facing east. A lushly-landscaped front yard buffers the house from the street. The back yard is open. The house is constructed in a gable-front plan with a corner entry porch. The roof form is unusual in that while the front facade is gabled, the rear of the roof is hipped, with a gablet dormer for ventilation. The house exhibits Neoclassical influence in the symmetry of its massing and the details of the turned wooden porch columns. Exterior materials of the wood-framed house include asbestos siding on wall surfaces and a wood shingle roof. Windows are double-hung wooden windows in a one-over-one pattern.

A room addition has been made sensitively to the rear of the house. History: This small frame dwelling was constructed between and based on fire insurance maps, most likely after the flood. It first appears on the Sanborn map in lot 54 of North Clifton Road, now Frisco Avenue. Its association with George Brown is based on the Arizona Copper Company base map.1 Sources (endnotes): 1. and Sanbom Fire Insurance maps; Arizona Copper Company base map.