1929 Flagpole at Arizona’s First Governor’s House

Flagpole Marker at Arizona’s
First Governor’s House

Marker: 
First Governor’s Mansion Flagpole

Location:  
Sharlot Hall Museum
415 W. Gurley Street
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona
928-445-3122
34.541650, -112.473035

Note:
Please check with the museum regarding hours and entry fees.


Historical Significance: 
The site where the flag of the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John N. Goodwin, was flown.

In 1929, Sharlot M. Hall was presented the flagpole and flag of Arizona Territory Governor John N. Goodwin for her collection of historically significant Arizona artifacts. Regent Florence Herndon Russell said. “Its presence told of the loyalty, love and courage of those who came here so long ago to establish a new territory in the wilderness.” Dressed in a colonial gown, Mrs. Russell expressed the desire of the two-year-old chapter to “bring back to the mansion something of its early customs, part of which was the flag flying from dawn to dusk each day.”

Dedicated: 
July 4, 1929

Sponsor:  
General George W. Crook Chapter, NSDAR

A landscape snapshot with a flagpole and stone marker in a park-like setting, the home of the first Arizona Territory governor.
Flagpole and marker, 2018.
Flagpole and marker, undated image.
A studio photographic portrait of John N. Goodwin, first governor of the Arizona Territory.
Portrait of John Nobel Goodwin, first governor of the Arizona Territory, photographer and date unknown.
A snapshot of the grounds of the house of the first Arizona Territory governor with the flagpole and marker in the background.
Flagpole and marker, undated image.
A snapshot of a redstone marker with a bronze plaque that reads, “Erected by General George Crook Chapter / Daughters of the American Revolution, July 4, 1929.”
Marker, undated image.
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