Tovrea Castle, Phoenix

Name: Tovrea Castle
Address: 5025 E Van Buren St, Phoenix, 85008-7006, United States
Telephone: +1 602-256-3221

#55 among attractions in Phoenix

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Tovrea Castle is a historic structure and landmark at 5041 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona on 36-acre grounds bounded by the Red Mountain Freeway, Washington Street, and the building at 4949 East Van Buren Street. Locally known as the "Wedding Cake", it was built from 1929 to 1931 in a vernacular Modernist style by Alessio Carraro, and was originally intended as the hotel centerpiece of a planned destination resort, but was only used as a private residence. The castle is now part of the Phoenix parks system and is designated as one of the Phoenix Points of Pride. Plans were to fully open the site to the public in 2009, but cost overruns delayed the opening. Currently the park shows over 5,000 individual cacti in over 100 different varieties, all maintained by volunteers of the Tovrea Carraro Society. Guided tours of the grounds, first floor, and basement are offered. ()

Built: 1931 (93 years ago)Elevation: 1194 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 33°27'3"N, 111°58'23"W

Address

5025 E Van Buren StCamelback EastPhoenix 85008-7006 United States

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+1 602-256-3221

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Tovrea Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Papago Park, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Pueblo Grande Museum, Hall of Flame.

1.3 miNE
Park
Papago Park, Phoenix
34 min walk • Papago Park is a municipal park of the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, United States. It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. It includes Hunt's Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Phoenix
26 min walk • Phoenix Municipal Stadium is a baseball stadium, located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is often referred in short as Phoenix Muni. The stadium was built in 1964 and holds 8,775 people.
0.8 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Native American architecture
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix
20 min walk • Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites are pre-Columbian archaeological sites and ruins, located in Phoenix, Arizona. They include a prehistoric platform mound and irrigation canals. The City of Phoenix manages these resources as the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park.
1.2 miE
Exhibits on the history of firefighting
Hall of Flame, Phoenix
31 min walk • The National Historical Fire Foundation is a museum dedicated to the historical preservation of firefighting equipment used through the years around the world. The museum's artifacts were originally the private collection of George F. Getz Jr. who opened the original Hall of Flame in Wisconsin in 1961.