About this Room
When the Rossons built their home, the formal parlor was the most elegant room in the house and a status symbol for displaying wealth and culture, used exclusively for entertaining guests. Here, visitors would see some of the most expensive finishes and furnishings in the home, including the gold painted ceiling and ruby glass transom windows.
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Exhibit Signage
The Rossons & Goldbergs (1895-1904)
- Listing from the 1895 Phoenix City Directory, with R.L. Rosson found under Physicians and Surgeons, at the corner of Monroe and Sixth Streets (the location of Rosson House).
- Quote from the Arizona Republican newspaper on June 4, 1897, “Dr. R.L. Rosson yesterday sold to Aaron Goldberg his handsome residence in the eastern part of the city.”
- A deed showing the transfer of ownership of Rosson House from the Rosson family to the Goldberg family.
- A sample ballot from the Arizona Republican newspaper, November 1894, showing R.L. Rosson as a candidate for mayor of Phoenix.
- *Photograph of Carrie, Aaron, Hazel, and Selma Goldberg, circa 1900. (*This photo was not taken at Rosson House.)
- Goldberg Bros. ad from the Arizona Republican newspaper, July 1893. The store was owned by Aaron Goldberg and his brother, David.
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