A Historic Building and Structure Inventory of the Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building (ISTB) 7 Project, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Jones, Thomas
name: Gregory, Andrea
Publisher: name: Archaeological Consulting Serc
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Tempe
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/54479/tempe
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: La Plaza
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/5007/la-plaza
subject: Historic US 80
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/11380/historic-us-80
subject: AZ U:9:165(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131463/az-u9165asm
subject: AZ FF:9:17(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/11382/az-ff917asm
subject: Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131464/maricopa-and-phoenix-and-salt-river-valley-railroad
subject: AZ U:9:298(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/99946/az-u9298asm
subject: Hayden Ditch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/10060/hayden-ditch
subject: Kirkland-McKinney Ditch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130506/kirkland-mckinney-ditch
subject: Arizona State University Campus
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169855/arizona-state-university-campus
subject: Arizona State Highway System
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169856/arizona-state-highway-system
subject: Era of Grady Gammage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169853/era-of-grady-gammage
subject: Irrigation in Tempe
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169854/irrigation-in-tempe
subject: Creamery Branch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169857/creamery-branch
subject: Ground Disturbance Monitoring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/20/ground-disturbance-monitoring
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: Arizona State University (ASU) is proposing to construct a new research facility on the main campus in Tempe, Maricopa County. The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building VII (ISTB 7) will occupy about 258,000 gross square feet for classrooms, office space, research lab space, support space, and a conference/education center. The proposed facility will also incorporate pedestrian connectivity along University Drive and the existing Valley Metro Light Rail (VMLR). The location of this proposed building is on the southwest comer of the University Drive and Rural Road intersection, near downtown Tempe. The six-acre parcel is owned by the Arizona Board of Regents (ASU), as well as the City of Tempe, and is therefore subject to compliance with the State Historic Preservation Act (A.R.S. §41-861 through §41-864), the Arizona Antiquities Act (A.R.S. §41-841 et seq.), and the City of Tempe's historic preservation ordinance (Tempe City Code, Chapter 14A-6[g]) (Figure 1-Figure 2). Because a Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)-owned historic in-use structure occurs within the project area, the project is also subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The project parcel lies within the boundaries of a large multicomponent site known as La Plaza (AZ U:9:165[ASM]), which is known to contain significant subsurface prehistoric remains, including human remains. Moreover, significant historical archaeological remains have also been documented within the site boundary, reflecting Tempe's early development in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to subsurface remains that may be present within the project area, three historical buildings were identified within the project parcel, as well as remnants of two abandoned linear historic structures (US Highway 80 and the Maricopa &amp; Phoenix &amp; Salt River Valley Railroad [M&amp;P&amp;SRV RR]) and in-use historic linear structure (Kirkland-McKinney Ditch [Hayden Ditch]). This ditch structure is owned by Reclamation and administered by the Salt River Project (SRP) (see Figure 2).