During the 1930s, Chandler Heights was a bustling little community. Stretching seven miles along the Hunt Highway at the base of the San Tan Mountains, it offered perfect soil for citrus trees, a mostly mild climate, methods of crop irrigation and beautiful views.
Queen Creek, AZ Historic Post OfficesThe Queen Creek Performing Arts Center (QCPAC) calls itself the "Best Kept Performing Arts Secret in Arizona." The QCPAC's goal is to produce exciting, high-quality shows at an affordable price.
Queen Creek, AZ Performing Arts CentersThe Old Rittenhouse Elementary School, was built in 1925. Used as a school through 1982, this building is now on the National Registry for Historic Places. Ever wondered how Power, Sossaman, Hawes and Ellsworth roads got their names? Who was Rittenhouse? Where was the first school?
Queen Creek, AZ MuseumsThe first Catholic Church building in Queen Creek was constructed in 1960 when the congregation acquired a barracks building from the base, and moved it to this site. It'
Queen Creek, AZ Historic ChurchesThe first Church in Rittenhouse was constructed in 1921 on the east side of Ellsworth Road, just north of the railroad tracks, in the community we all now know as Queen Creek. Although the Historical Society's records don'
Queen Creek, AZ Historic Churches