This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic buildings, houses, bridges, structures and monuments in the mining town of Clifton, which is located in Greenlee County, Arizona.

The specimens of pottery and stone implements found in the cliff dwellings along the San Francisco River by archaeologists are indications of the existence of an advanced ancient native-American civilization, such as the Anasazi, in the area hundreds of years before both Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through the area.

[2][3][4][5] The mission of the Spanish explorers led by Vázquez de Coronado was to find the Seven Golden Cities.

[6] The two main tribes of Native Americans who eventually lived in the area called themselves Dineh, "the people”.

They searched the San Francisco River edges for beavers in the area where Clifton is currently located.

Arizona north of the Gila River was taken by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the war.

In 1874 the Longfellow Copper Mining Company, founded by Henry & Charles Lesinsky, built a smelter where Chase Creek emptied into the San Francisco River.

In 1881, the Lesinsky brothers hired stonemason Margarito Varela to build the Clifton Cliff Jail.

Thunderstorms with heavy rain created torrents of water which converged on the junction of Chase Creek and the San Francisco River, forming a crest that ripped through the length of Clifton.

[16] In 1906, there was an accident in one of the mining shafts, which gave way, and thousands of tons of rock and waste poured down upon three Mexican workers, who were instantly killed.

[17] In 1913, a devastating fire occurred on Chase Creek Street, killing five people and causing approximately $200,000 in property damage.

According to the Greenlee County Historical Society, their mission is the following: "The mission of the Greenlee County Historical Society shall be: to collect, preserve, interpret and disseminate relevant and historically significant materials pertaining to Greenlee County and Arizona and to develop and maintain ethical, effective and efficient professional standards in carrying out these endeavors for the benefit of present and future generations.

"[19] Jim McPherson, Arizona Preservation Foundation board president, has stated the following: It is crucial that residents, private interests, and government officials act now to save these elements of our cultural heritage before it is too late.

The district designation covers the confluence of Chase Creek and the San Francisco River[21] The following historic business structures are listed as contributing factors within the Historic Chase Creek Street District The original name of the street was Copper Avenue.

The locomotive once pulled ore trains from the Metcalf mines for the Arizona Copper Company.