Central City South in Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Duppa Homestead

Photographed by Jay Sandhaus, February 9, 2018

1. Duppa Homestead Marker

Inscription. Darrell Duppa explored Arizona four years before coming here with Jack Swilling's party, pioneers whose irrigation canal first opened the Salt River Valley to farming in 1868. A well-traveled Englishman and a scholar of the classics, "Lord" Duppa is credited with naming Phoenix and Tempe. In 1871, he homesteaded 160 acres of this land, qualifying for one of the first ten land grants in the Territory. This adobe, built after Duppa sold the land, is restored with cottonwood-branch, mud-roofed construction typical of the earliest houses in Phoenix.

Erected 1981 by Mr. and Mrs. Newton Rosenzweig, Arizona Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.

Location. 33° 26.417′ N, 112° 4.538′ W. Marker is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is in Central City South. It is on West Sherman Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 W Sherman Street, Phoenix AZ 85003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Chambers Transfer & Storage Company Building (approx. 0.4 miles away); Santa Fe Freight Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Maricopa County Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); J. W. Walker/Central Arizona Light & Power Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); Orpheum Theatre (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hotel San Carlos (approx. 0.7 miles away); Saint Mary's Basilica (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pope John Paul II (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenix.

Regarding Duppa Homestead. The structure is surrounded by a chain-link fence. It is directly adjacent to an American Legion Post and a parking lot.

Duppa Homestead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jay Sandhaus, February 9, 2018

2. Duppa Homestead

Duppa Homestead Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jay Sandhaus, February 9, 2018

3. Duppa Homestead Site

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2018, by Jay Sandhaus of Atlanta, Georgia. This page has been viewed 6,579 times since then and 540 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 9, 2018, by Jay Sandhaus of Atlanta, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.