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Prescott Az Real Estate - Prescott Realestate - Arizona Property Values: Prescott places great emphasis on historic preservation, and the town has many homes and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places ensuring Arizona Property Values.
 
In July of 1900, a fire destroyed much of Prescott’s commercial district. During the blaze, Prescott citizens organized to carry out as many store goods as possible to the town’s Courthouse Plaza. They even managed to rescue the original carved wooden bar from the Palace Saloon. Once the town’s people had saved all they could from the fire, whiskey was served from the rescued saloon bar while citizens watched the blaze. Within hours after the fire, makeshift shelters were erected in the Plaza and businesses began rebuilding.  Most structures in the downtown area were reconstructed of brick, providing today’s rich architectural heritage. As for the carved wooden bar, it was placed back into the rebuilt Palace Saloon that continues to operate today.
The Prescott area has a rich, colorful history.
The first people to make this land their home were
the ancient ancestors of the Yavapai tribe,
who inhabited the area more than 9,000 years ago.
In 1838, the discovery of gold brought national
attention to Prescott. With news of more gold
strikes in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln looked
to the region as a possible source of funding for the North during the Civil War. He created the Arizona Territory in 1864 with Prescott as its capital. John Goodwin, the first territorial governor, began
the work of laying out the current downtown streets.

Although the territory’s capital eventually moved to Tucson and finally to Phoenix in 1889, Prescott
continued to grow. In 1900, fire burned much
of Prescott to the ground, but the town was rebuilt,
and many of the structures stand today. Prescott
places great emphasis on historic preservation,
and the town has many homes and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, including the white granite courthouse and the original governor’s mansion preserved at the Sharlot Hall Museum and now part of Prescott’s living history.
 
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