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Kingman survey finds 2,757 historic‑era properties; Pleasant View addition recommended as potential historic district
Summary
Consultants reported that a citywide survey found about 2,757 properties at least 50 years old in Kingman; 57 are already on state or national registers, 36 were newly identified as individually eligible, and the Pleasant View addition was recommended as a potential historic district with 54 contributors. The draft awaits SHPO review and will go to City Council on June 2.
Wendy L. Tinsley of Urbana Preservation and Planning told the Heritage Preservation Commission on May 26 that a citywide historic properties survey identified roughly 2,757 properties within Kingman city limits that are at least 50 years old and that the team has submitted a draft report package to city staff and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
"What we found is that there are approximately 2,757 properties in the city of Kingman boundaries that are at least 50 years old," Tinsley said, reporting that 57 properties are previously recorded on the National and Arizona registers and that her team identified 36 additional properties as newly individually eligible.
Tinsley said the survey also identified one potential historic district—the Pleasant View addition—with 54 potential contributing properties; one of those contributors is already on the National Register. She read the district boundaries as Beach Street to the north, North First Street to the west, the north side of Pine Street to the south, and roughly one block of Fifth Street to the east.
The consultants divided the city into 18 geographic groupings for field work completed the week of Feb. 9, documenting properties and compiling up to 100 state historic property inventory forms. Tinsley summarized representative individually eligible properties cited in the draft, including the Beale Street Theater, Mohave Museum of History and Arts, Hilltop Motel, the Old Trails Garage (c.1915), and several Route 66–era motels and roadside signage.
She said the team also evaluated 10 subdivision groupings and concluded most were ineligible for National Register listing because of later alterations; Pleasant View was the single grouping recommended for potential district status. Tinsley told commissioners the determination that subdivisions are ineligible "could be revisited in another 20 years" but that for now the evidence indicates they are not eligible.
Commissioners asked whether additional properties could be added and whether staff would share the property tables; Tinsley said the tables can be made available and that the project team is still awaiting SHPO comments. She said the draft report was submitted in mid‑April and a second iteration completed earlier in May; next steps include following up with the SHPO reviewer, making edits as needed, presenting the project to City Council on June 2, and finalizing the package and GIS mapping for city use.
No formal action was taken on the inventory item at the meeting. Earlier in the session commissioners approved the March 24 minutes by voice vote.
