One of the most historic buildings in Tempe will be revived and given a glass-enclosed addition, according to plans drawn up by architects for the dormant Hayden Flour Mill site.

You can hardly think of Tempe without picturing Hayden Flour Mill, its faded white silos rising from the base of Hayden Butte and anchoring the north end of Mill Avenue.

Tempe’s historic Eisendrath House is celebrated for its adobe construction.

Tempe’s historic Eisendrath House is celebrated for its adobe construction.

You can hardly think of Tempe without picturing Hayden Flour Mill, its faded white silos rising from the base of Hayden Butte and anchoring the north end of Mill Avenue.

Nearly 40 of Tempe's oldest buildings are eligible for new bronze plaques indicating they're on the city's Historic Property Register.

Two weathered wooden cabins in Scottsdale that are among the last remaining artifacts of the area’s military role in World War II will be saved from demolition and restored to become a historical exhibit, possibly in Papago Park.

Two weathered wooden cabins in Scottsdale that are among the last remaining artifacts of the area’s military role in World War II will be saved from demolition and restored to become a historical exhibit, possibly in Papago Park.

Sandra Day O'Connor's Paradise Valley home was once the place where seemingly unsolvable disputes were mediated while O'Connor, then a state lawmaker, cooked for the warring sides, calmed them down and got them talking.

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman wants to join forces with Scottsdale in banning tax subsidies to developers along the cities’ shared border.

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman wants to join forces with Scottsdale in banning tax subsidies to developers along the cities’ shared border.

The past and future of the Hayden Flour Mill in Tempe collided Thursday as archaeologists announced that they’d found the original foundation of the mill and a developer revealed plans to restore the historic building.

Arizona State University may have done a nice job restoring its Old Main building, but the demolition of a former Valley National Bank branch with an unusual geodesic dome early this year has put the university in bad odor with historic preservationists.

A free expo scheduled for next week in Mesa will provide owners of historic property information about how to maintain their piece of Arizona history.

Part One of a Three-Day Series

In the Valley’s fevered push for new, new, new, communities work to hold on to their history

Historic preservationists are mounting a last-ditch effort to try to save the former Valley National Bank building at Rural Road and Apache Boulevard in Tempe, which Arizona State University wants to remove to make room for a new academic complex.

Arizona State University is demolishing a former bank building at Rural Road and Apache Boulevard, to the dismay of historic preservationists who had urged the university to preserve the structure because of its unusual architecture.

A planned restoration of two old barracks from a World War II prisoner-of-war camp in the Papago Park area has spurred another effort to preserve a significant artifact from the military installation.

A planned restoration of two old barracks from a World War II prisoner-of-war camp in the Papago Park area has spurred another effort to preserve a significant artifact from the military installation.

BOUQUET to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., for telling the Federal Emergency Management Agency Thursday it should look into rules responsible for the suspension of the Phoenix Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Team.

The first of about $10 million in proposed improvements designed to boost Papago Park as a cultural beacon is slated for completion in the fall.

May 16, 2005