CHEERY LYNN HISTORIC DISTRICT

The Cheery Lynn Historic District is located in central Phoenix, Arizona, approximately three miles from downtown. It is composed of 68 properties along both sides of Cheery Lynn Road and along a single side of both Flower Street and Earll Drive. The plat was recorded in 1928 and contained 80 lots, including eight lots fronting on 16th Street.  The Cheery Lynn Subdivision, and many of the homes within it, were built on speculation by William Fosburg and M.E. Carr. William Fosburg was the owner and M.E. Carr was the “designer and superintendent of construction.” The first fourteen homes were completed by January 1929 and by the end of 1935, 46 homes had been completed. After 1935, construction dropped off sharply. Only another half dozen homes were completed prior to World War II. Originally the homes in Cheery Lynn were advertised as “ultra modern English type homes.” In fact, the English and Tudor Revival styles were the dominant styles through 1930. After 1930, Monterey and other Spanish Revival styles became the most popular and dominated construction through the 1930s. The majority of the contributing properties in Cheery Lynn were constructed in the 1930s. Their architecture is reflective of the popular English and Spanish Revival styles of the era.

Information courtesy of Historic Preservation Office, City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department

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