Thatcher in Graham County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Spencer W. Kimball Childhood Home

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 27, 2012

1. Spencer W. Kimball Childhood Home Marker

Inscription. When Andrew Kimball was called to preside over the St. Joseph Stake in 1898, Church members provided ten acres on which he built this adobe and brick home in 1902. He helped make the 12,000 adobes. His son, Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – Day Saints, lived here from age 7 until his marriage at the age of 22 to Camilla Eyring of Pima. Upon Andrew's death in 1924, Jesse A. Udall, later a Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, purchased the home.

Erected by Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society and Arizona Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 32° 50.742′ N, 109° 45.511′ W. Marker is in Thatcher, Arizona, in Graham County. It is on West Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3513 West Church Street, Thatcher AZ 85552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Sky Islands,

in Southeastern Arizona,

and in the San Carlos Apache 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

and also the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mormon Pioneers' Arrival in Salt Lake Valley - Sesquicentennial Plaque (approx. 2.4 miles away); First Home of Eastern Arizona College (approx. 2½ miles away); Graham County Courthouse

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(approx. 2.6 miles away); Odd Fellows Home (approx. 2.6 miles away); Safford City Hall (approx. 2.7 miles away); Arizona Bank & Trust Company (approx. 2.8 miles away); Womans Club of Safford (approx. 3 miles away); Solomon (approx. 7.7 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Gila Valley (was approx. 4.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 27, 2012

2. Spencer W. Kimball Childhood Home Marker

Spencer W. Kimball Childhood Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 27, 2012

3. Spencer W. Kimball Childhood Home

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,379 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 30, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.