The May Hicks Curtis House met its first obstacle while being moved from South Leroux Street onto Butler Avenue just before midnight on Tuesday night. While traveling to a temporary storage yard at the City of Flagstaff recycling center, the house bottomed out crossing the Rio de Flag. With the addition of wood blocks, the house was able to ford the dry riverbed.
Just before midnight on Tuesday, the May Hicks Curtis House makes its way along Butler Avenue heading east to a temporary storage area at the City of Flagstaff recycling center opposite Sam’s Club. The home is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911.Â
A worker from APS waits in a cherry picker to lift power lines over the roof ridge of the May Hicks Curtis House as it moves down South Leroux Street onto Butler Avenue. The historic house being is temporarily stored at the city's recycling center.
The steel beams supporting the historic May Hicks Curtis House touch the tarmac of South Leroux Street just before midnight on Tuesday while being moved to a temporary storage yard at the city's recycling center opposite Sam’s Club. The home, preserved by the city upon being saved from demolition, is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911.
While many sleep, city workers watch and assisted a crew moving a historic house from the Southside neighborhood to a temporary storage site at the city's recycling center. The May Hicks Curtis House is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911. It was saved from demolition by the city to be preserved.
The May Hicks Curtis House met its first obstacle while being moved from South Leroux Street onto Butler Avenue just before midnight on Tuesday night. While traveling to a temporary storage yard at the City of Flagstaff recycling center, the house bottomed out crossing the Rio de Flag. With the addition of wood blocks, the house was able to ford the dry riverbed.
Just before midnight on Tuesday, the May Hicks Curtis House makes its way along Butler Avenue heading east to a temporary storage area at the City of Flagstaff recycling center opposite Sam’s Club. The home is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911.Â
A worker from APS waits in a cherry picker to lift power lines over the roof ridge of the May Hicks Curtis House as it moves down South Leroux Street onto Butler Avenue. The historic house being is temporarily stored at the city's recycling center.
While many sleep, city workers watch and assisted a crew moving a historic house from the Southside neighborhood to a temporary storage site at the city's recycling center. The May Hicks Curtis House is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911. It was saved from demolition by the city to be preserved.
Those venturing down Butler Avenue on Tuesday night might have encountered an unexpected sight: the May Hicks Curtis House, a fixture of Phoenix Avenue for over a century, taking a drive through downtown Flagstaff.
The house, constructed in 1911, was the longtime residence of May Hicks Curtis, who made history at the age of 23 by sewing the first state flag of Arizona.
The steel beams supporting the historic May Hicks Curtis House touch the tarmac of South Leroux Street just before midnight on Tuesday while being moved to a temporary storage yard at the city's recycling center opposite Sam’s Club. The home, preserved by the city upon being saved from demolition, is where May Hicks Curtis sewed the first Arizona flag in 1911.
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