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Burton Building

commercial building in Nogales, Arizona

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ65964505 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Burton Building is a historic building in Nogales, Arizona. It was built by Edward Burton as a hotel in 1916, and designed in the Chicago school architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 29, 1985.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Burton Building” as commercial building in Nogales, Arizona. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Burton, Building and commercial.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1916, 1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1916. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Burton, Building and commercial providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Burton Building”, the useful work is to connect “commercial building in Nogales, Arizona” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65964505. Authority coordinates are 31.337, -110.939. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1916 and 1985.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Burton Building”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Burton Building primary sources, Burton Building archive and Burton research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Burton Building”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Burton Building” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.