Florence in Pinal County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Walker Oury House
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 1, 2013
1. Walker – Oury House Marker
Inscription.
Walker Oury House. . Originally a Sonoran adobe row house built C. 1877 for John D. Walker friend, agent, and physician to the Pima Indians at Sacaton. This building was used as courtroom and county offices during his terms as justice of the peace, county surveyor and probate judge. Walker was an early investor in the Vekol Mine and wrote the first Pima grammar text. Here Pauline Cushman, noted Union Civil War Spy and actress, wed Jere Freyer. The building was purchased (1886) by Granville Oury, delegate to the Confederate Congress, Arizona territorial legislator and attorney general, district court judge, and delegate to the U.S. Congress. , Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Originally a Sonoran adobe row house built C. 1877 for John D. Walker friend, agent, and physician to the Pima Indians at Sacaton. This building was used as courtroom and county offices during his terms as justice of the peace, county surveyor and probate judge. Walker was an early investor in the Vekol Mine and wrote the first Pima grammar text. Here Pauline Cushman, noted Union Civil War Spy and actress, wed Jere Freyer. The building was purchased (1886) by Granville Oury, delegate to the Confederate Congress, Arizona territorial legislator and attorney general, district court judge, and delegate to the U.S. Congress.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Erected by Town of Florence and Arizona Historical Society.
Location. 33° 2.155′ N, 111° 23.09′ W. Marker is in Florence, Arizona, in Pinal County. It is at the intersection of East Ruggles Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling east on East Ruggles Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 255 East Ruggles Street, Florence AZ 85132, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, in the San Carlos Apache Nation, and specifically in the Tohono Oodham 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 Mexicos Alta California.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 879 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 4, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
