Description

This photo shows Judge Henry Fleury sitting in a chair on the front porch.  Judge Fleury resided in the Governor's Mansion from 1868 until his death in 1895. 

This is the original Arizona Territorial Gubernatorial or Governor's Mansion, which was built in the spring of 1864 by Samuel Blair, Daniel Hatz, John Raible, and Philip Sheerer. 

Henry William Fleury was an early Prescott pioneer and became a civic leader working as a probate judge and justice of the peace. In 1863, he came to Prescott with the original Territorial Officials or Governor's Party and worked as the personal secretary to both Arizona Territiorial Governors John Goodwin and Richard McCormick.

The Mansion and 160 acres surrounding it were owned by Richard McCormick, who was first territorial secretary and then governor from 1864-1867. In 1867, McCormick sells 160 acres, including the site of the Mansion, to Henry Waring Fleury and Loran S. Jenks. In 1873, H.W.  Fleury and Loran S. Jenks default on their payments to McCormick. The parcel, including the site of the Governor’s Mansion, was sold back to McCormick at a Sheriff’s sale.

In 1876 Fleury obtained a land patent from the US Government. Apparently McCormick’s original claim was defective. The property became known as Fleury’s Addition to the Town of Prescott.

Sources: Sharlot Hall Museum Archives & Arizona Gravestones