Henry H. Hill Rental House, 235 Coronado Boulevard, Clifton

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Associated with the development of Ciifton. Description: The Henry Hill Rental House lies among a row of intact historic residences along the west side of Coronado Boulevard (Arizona Highway in south Clifton. The parcel has a well-manicured front lawn behind a low, concrete masonry wall. The house is a typical Queen Anne cottage with Neoclassical influences. The east front features a chamfered front bay with three double-hung windows, flanked by an entry porch. Exposed red brick walls are supported by a concrete foundation. Except for the front gable over the bay, the home has a hipped roof with gablet dormer/ventilators facing front and back. The roof is sheathed with asphalt shingles. The house has enclosed overhanging soffits at the eaves and fish-scale wood shingles in the gable end.

The entry porch is supported by classically-detailed wooden columns, and is enclosed by a wooden railing. The wooden double-hung windows have a one-over-one pattern. A wood-frame shed-roofed addition was made to the back of the house. History: This brick house was constructed in for Rosie Hill, daughter of Henry B. Hill. Henry B. Hill, a prominent Clifton resident, subdivided the area known as "Hill's Addition to Clifton" in and had this house constructed for his daughter. Hill lived next door at 231 South Coronado Boulevard (see HABS No. AZ-199). A house Hill constructed for his first daughter, Margaret, at 229 South Coronado Boulevard, has a floor plan that is a reverse mirror image of this house (See HABS No. AZ-198). In recent years the house has been owned by Edith Baker, Crescendo 0.

and Elizabeth G. Juarez, and William H. and Alice M. Thomas. In Pat and Janna Fowler purchased it from the Thomas family.1 Sources (endnotes): 1. Navajo County Assessment Roll; title information provided by William J. Acton, Tucson. HENRY H. HILL RENTAL HOUSE HABS No. AZ-200 (Page 2)