Local attorney and longtime Globe resident Tom Thompson estimates he has owned upward of 40 buildings in Globe and Miami over the course of his half-century in the community. Some of them more than once. Thompson has been “collecting” buildings in Globe-Miami since he moved to the area in 1973, …
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Valley couple set to transform historic Gramma’s House Antiques building
Arizona native Thomas Lopez was going about his business fixing municipal pools when he noticed a two-story building—Gramma’s House Antiques and Treasures—beside one of Miami’s five historic bridges. “I fell in love with that particular building because it was next to one of the Luten Arches, which are cool-looking, and …
Read More »The Globe-Show Low Highway: An Engineering Triumph
The very first road in Arizona was established in 1846 by Capt. Philip St. George Cooke as he led the soldiers of the Mormon Battalion across southern Arizona. It was during the Mexican-American War, and the battalion had been tasked with creating a wagon road between Santa Fe and San …
Read More »Examining the Building Blocks of Globe-Miami
The partnership of Globe-Miami and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in a four-year studio project is bringing fresh eyes to the historic districts of Miami and Globe. Both challenges and opportunities are offered by the buildings here, some of which are more than 100 years old. Their stories …
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