This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments in Tempe, Arizona.

The area, which at one time belonged to Mexico, was later inhabited by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian tribes before the arrival of the European settlers from the eastern coast of the United States.

In 1887, the Phoenix Railroad was built and crossed the Salt River at Tempe, linking the town to the rest of the nation.

[3] One of the main criteria of the National Register of Historic Places is that the property must be in its original location, otherwise it will be removed from the list.

Among the notable people buried in the cemetery are: Charles Trumbull Hayden, the founder of Tempe; his son Carl T. Hayden, the first United States Senator to serve seven terms; Benjamin Baker Moeur, the 4th Governor of Arizona; and John Howard Pyle, the 9th Governor of Arizona.

The Arizona Preservation Foundation is an agency which identifies critically endangered cultural resources of major historical significance to the state.

He developed a ranch with substantial land holdings, was president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, co-founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a representative at the 18th Territorial Legislature.