McFarland State Historic Park

McFarland State Historic Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Arizona

Location: Downtown Florence, at Main and Ruggles.
Facilities: Historic buildings, exhibits, picnic area, restrooms (é).
Activities: Interpretive programs; guided walking tours of Florence's downtown historic district.
Special Features: The park's building represents a transition between Sonoran and Anglo-American architecture with its wood-shingled pitched roof and traditional adobe brick walls. During the 1800s the building was a courthouse and later a county hospital. Former governor Ernest W. McFarland purchased the building from the Pinal County Historical Society in 1974 and donated it to the Arizona State Parks Board for a historic park. In 1982 an archives building was completed and now houses his papers.
Address: PO Box 109
Florence, AZ 85232
Phone: 520-868-5216;
Web: www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/mcfarland.html
Size: 2.5 acres. Elevation: 1,200 feet.

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