Yuma in Yuma County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Shops

Photographed by Adam Margolis, February 6, 2022

1. Shops Marker

Inscription. The concrete slabs in front of you were the floors of the shop buildings constructed in 1895. The shops housed the electric generating plant, shoe/ tailor shops and the laundry/bathhouse. The 33 foot x 100 foot adobe building had a corrugated iron roof. In 1899 an addition was added, which housed the new library and provided a separate area for the bathhouse. In 1905 another addition made space for a lathe room and the engine room. The library and bathhouse were two of the five structures used by the Yuma County School District for high school classes from 1910 until 1914.

Erected by Arizona State Parks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Law Enforcement • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 32° 43.619′ N, 114° 36.89′ W. Marker is in Yuma, Arizona, in Yuma County. It is on Prison Hill Road west of South Levee Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 220 Prison Hill Road, Yuma AZ 85364, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Colorado River Valley,

in the Sonoran Desert,

and in the Yuma Area.

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

and also the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Main Cellblock (a few steps from this marker); The Prison Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Prison Labor (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Yuma Territorial Prison (within shouting distance of this marker); Incorrigible Ward (within shouting distance of this marker); New Yard (within shouting distance of this marker); Drinking Water Life in the Desert (within shouting distance of this marker); Yuma East Wetlands (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yuma.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, February 6, 2022

2. Shops Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 10, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.