Globe’s historic buildings include several which were designed by the architectural firm of Trost and Trost. The firm designed hundreds of buildings throughout the southwest including Alburquerque, Tucson, El Paso, Benson, Bisbee, Douglas and more. In Miami they designed the stately Bullion Plaza School which now serves as a museum and in Globe they designed the following ten commercial buildings:
The Arizona Eastern Railroad Complex (4) Buildings
The Railroad complex at the end of Broad Street once included three buildings: A passenger depot, freight office and restaurant building. The restaurant building burned down in the 1990s, but the freight office and passenger depot were preserved and restored thanks to the work of Kip Culver and Globe’s Main Street Program in 2005 – 2008.
Arizona Eastern & Southern Pacific Railway Restaurant Building
Wells Fargo Express Railway Office Building (Commercial)
Arizona Eastern & Southern Pacific Railway Depot (Commercial)
Globe & Northern Railroad Shops and Roundhouse (Commercial)
Schools
Today both East Globe and Hill Street Schools stand empty but Globe High School continues to serve the community.
Hill Street School (Education)
Addition to Globe High School (Education)
Service Organizations/Government
Old Dominion Library and Clubhouse (Government) *Burned down 1982
The Elks Building on Mesquite street, has the unique bragging rights as the tallest three story brick building. It’s main floor has been leased as an antiques store with the upper floors having been long since abandoned and blocked off to the public.
The Masonic Temple on Broad Street is one of many distinctive buildings in the downtown district and serves as headquarters for the White Mountain Lodge#3 with commercial space on the main floor.