Location: 1034 S. Mill Avenue Survey Number: HPS-195 Year Built:
1925 Architectural Style: Bungalow The 1925 Robert K. Minson
House is significant as one of the earliest homes to be built in
the historic Park Tract and as a substantial example of the
Bungalow style constructed in clay brick masonry with Georgian
symmetry and detailing. A: HISTORIC EVENTS The Minson House is
significant as one of the earliest homes to be built in the
historic Park Tract. As agriculture slowly diversified in
response to collapsed cotton prices, the Tempe economy began a
slow recovery throughout the 1920s and, on April 10, 1924, Hugh
Laird and Fred J Joyce, platted the Park Tract subdivision in
response to a housing shortage in Tempe. Located on Tempe’s
major business artery, the Minson House made a positive
contribution to the new neighborhood in 1925. Although a measure
of prosperity returned to Tempe in the late 1920s, the onset of
the Great Depression slowed growth and economic expansion until
the post-war boom of the mid 19