| Driving down Central Avenue, it is easy to spot | | | | architectural history of Phoenix. The Maricopa |
| luxury house plans used to design homes of | | | | Country Courthouse is once such building that was |
| famous politicians and longtime Phoenicians alike. | | | | constructed in 1929. Although many of the |
| Although the area that is now known as Phoenix | | | | building's former functions have been moved to |
| dates back to 700 A.D., it did not experience | | | | meet the needs of a growing city, the collective |
| significant growth until 1865 with the | | | | elements of art deco, Spanish Colonial Revival and |
| redevelopment of Phoenix and other towns by | | | | neoclassical design remain and continue to |
| the U.S. military and the establishment of Fort | | | | influence new construction in the downtown area. |
| McDowell. The architecture that would ground this | | | | Anyone who grew up in Phoenix had probably one |
| city was a mixture of the styles and cultures and | | | | time or another visited the Rosson House. While |
| continues to give Phoenix its own unique style, | | | | compared to modern building construction, the |
| even in its more modern buildings and structures. | | | | Rosson House might seem to have been made |
| What began as a small farming town has now | | | | for house plans cottage, but when it was built in |
| grown to the fifth largest city in the United | | | | the late 1800s by the Rosson family it exuded |
| States. While in the west and east valley of the | | | | wealth and opulence. Today the building is now a |
| city, master-planned communities continue to | | | | museum in the Heritage Square Historic District |
| cover the desert landscape with duplex plans | | | | and has been lovingly refurbished to look much |
| single family home plans, there are still many | | | | like it might have when the Rosson family called it |
| historic buildings that represent the rich | | | | home. |
