Our History
Home sizes in Fairview Place range from 900 to 1,400 square feet and represent 14 architectural styles including Southwest, Tudor, English Stone Cottage, and Transitional Ranch.
Fairview Place is located between two Central Phoenix landmarks: the Arizona State Fairgrounds, established in 1905 and Encanto Park and golf course, established in 1934.
These historic venues provide residents with easy access to a variety of arts performances, sporting events and relaxation activities.
In 1990, Fairview Place formed a neighborhood association to pursue historic designation.
An all-volunteer group of neighbors measured, photographed, and researched all 342 Fairview homes. In 1994, our Historic Designation was granted, and Fairview Place was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fun facts about our history.
The brothel house.
2002 N 15th Ave used to be a brothel. Known as the “house of joy,” the residence has made a beautiful transformation and is now know simply as “the yellow house.”
Childhood home of a music legend.
Bobby Hart is a member of the song-writing duo who wrote most of The Monkees songs! He was also pivotal in the hard work of lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 and lived at 2014 N Laurel Ave.
Fire safety 101.
H.H. Dean was the original owner of 2017 N Laurel Ave. He was the chief of fire for the city of Phoenix and invented the stop, drop, roll program most of us learned about in elementary school!