Rosson House Museum at The Square PHX — Local services in Phoenix

There is accessible parking nearby and an accessible wide walkway that takes you up to the front of the house so you can look around it. However, to get to the first floor door, and second floor/attic, there are only stairs as they try to preserve the original structure. The house itself is nicely maintained and during the summers they have the AC on. The tours are on the hour and make sure to get there a bit early to purchase your tickets (or purchase it online) as they only allow a certain number of people on each tour. They do have free waters in their visitor center/ museum store while you wait, or you can take one along during the tour. Tour was reasonably priced at $15. You get about an hour or so of information about the house as you walk through each of the rooms. Not much time to truly read each sign in the room, but just make sure to soak in the views while the guide is talking. And speaking of guide, our guide was very knowledgeable! Note the attic is off-limits and that's a separate booking during fall; understandable as it's summer and hot. Also note to bring your parking ticket so they can validate the...

Great idea for a hot summer , as they have air conditioners inside , all while you learn about the history of the house. You can buy tickets at their visitor center by the museum or reserve them online on the website . It was very easy to book and we also benefited from their summer special: $13.00 per ticket. The tour took 45 minutes, the guide spoke a little faster which was a little hard for me to follow. The building is from 1895 and you can see how they preserved those elements, even the stair case is from the beginning and it was ordered from a catalog. You have to stay on the red carpet while inside , you can take pictures without flash and try not to touch the items. The museum is right by the Public Parking , and you can...

Saw this online and thought cool... I could learn a little Pheonix history. Found the tour lacking in any real information. It felt like lots of hypotheticals. All furnishings were donated for the period, not linked to the family. Very little was shared about the Rossons because little was known. I would have liked the focus on the family who did live there as a boarding home. The restorations to bring the original look back to life with the wallpapers and ceiling coloring was a beautiful touch. The guide was not as knowledgeable as I would have liked. Felt like she took personal liberties to weave a story vs sharing a historical account. Often saying, I'm not sure...