Sandra Day O'Connor's Arizona home makes National Register of Historic Places
PHOENIX — Before she was hearing cases on the U.S. Supreme Court, former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was bringing people together in her historic Arizona home.
The National Park Service officially approved the Sandra Day O'Connor House as a historic place, marking the culmination of a decade-long effort by the State Historic Preservation Office and the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute, which owns the home in metro Phoenix. The single-story 1,700-square-foot property had three bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and a large patio where the couple congregated with international guests or state legislators.
The National Register typically does not consider properties that are no longer in their place of origin or if they are tied to a subject who is still living. O'Connor lived in the home from 1958 to 1981, when President Ronald Reagan named the then-state appellate judge and former legislative leader to the Supreme Court. During that time, the mother of three boys worked to balance domestic life and public life and often hosted gatherings that brought together people of various political stripes.
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