Homes near the Historic Old Town District in Scottsdale

The Western-themed core east of Scottsdale Rd: Main St, 1st Ave and Brown Ave, roughly from Scottsdale Rd east to the Civic Center Mall and from 2nd St north to Indian School Rd.

Approximate boundary based on common local usage, traced along streets.

This boundary is approximate. It follows how the area is commonly described rather than an official line, so confirm the exact address with us before relying on it.

This is the original town site on land Winfield Scott bought in 1888. The city plan says it embodies Scottsdale's legacy as 'the West's Most Western Town' and, although not a formally designated historic district, has one of the city's highest concentrations of individually designated historic buildings.

Register properties include the 1909 Scottsdale Grammar School (Little Red Schoolhouse, National Register 1994, now the Scottsdale Historical Museum), the 1921 Farmer's State Bank building (now the Rusty Spur), the 1929 first post office, the 1933 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Church (National Register 2018) and the 1950 Sugar Bowl building. The Old Adobe Mission was built in 1933 from adobe blocks made on site.

Almost entirely commercial; housing is a handful of small apartment and condo buildings at the edges.

When homes were built

1909 to 1950s historic buildings with later Western-styled infill.

Home styles

Frontier Town Western design theme required by the Old Town design guidelines.

Lots

Small commercial lots.

Home types

Minimal housing.

School districts (county records)

Scottsdale Unified School District (100%)

Inside the Historic Old Town District: Western wear and Native American art shops, saloons, Scottsdale Historical Museum, Old Adobe Mission, Cavalliere's Blacksmith Shop, Saturday farmers market nearby at the Civic Center.

Nearby: Civic Center park and Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts to the east, Arts District to the west.