North Encanto Historic District

Generally bounded by Osborn Road, Thomas Road, 15th Avenue and the alley west of 18th Avenue.
Period of Significance: 1939-1950

The North Encanto Historic District is a central Phoenix residential neighborhood that developed predominantly between 1939 and 1956. The district lies within a quarter-section of land bounded by Osborn Road on the north, Thomas Road on the south. Nineteenth Avenue on the west, and Fifteenth Avenue on the east. The neighborhood includes parts of eleven distinct subdivisions, platted between 1939 and 1949. The streets in the neighborhood break the standard square block pattern into circles and half circles showing the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) planning guidelines of the 1939-40’s period.

The North Encanto Historic District is predominantly comprises Transitional Ranch Style houses. There are also a limited number of Spanish Colonial Revival, Pueblo Revival, Southwest Style and Contemporary houses, consistent with designs popular in the 1939-1956 time period. Overall the neighborhood is a remarkably consistent and intact example of the prewar to postwar construction period and the influence of the FHA housing and street design guidelines. See source for more details.

Source: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/73bdfd8a-31cb-421c-b0b4-ae8bddec4967