J. N. Stevens House, 239 Coronado Boulevard, Clifton

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Associated with the development of Clifton, and more specifically of Hill's Addition to Clifton. Description: The Stevens house lies among an intact row of historic residences on the west side of Coronado Boulevard (Arizona Highway in south Clifton. The story wood frame house is atypical example of a Queen Anne cottage. The east front is composed of a front bay window flanked by an entry porch. The entire house is sheathed with clapboard siding over the structural wood framing, including the gable ends. The home has a high-pitched cross-gable roof with diamond shaped attic vents in the gables. The main entrance of the house is accessed by way of a corner porch with concrete steps leading up to it. The windows are wood double-hung, with a one-over- one pattern.

A second-floor gable dormer provides additional living space. History: This house was constructed ca. for Stevens in Hill's Addition to Clifton. Stevens, an employee of the Arizona Copper Company's engineering department, purchased the property in Stevens was typical of the small business owners and middle managers that lived in Hill's Addition (see HABS No. AZ-199). In recent years the house was owned by Johnnie B. Flores and Martin M. Floras.1 Sources (endnotes): 1. Copper Era June 6, (I, 4: 2), Sanbom fire insurance map; title information provided by William J. Acton, Tucson.