Bryce Brick House

Marker:
A brass plaque is embedded on the top of a brick pillar monument. Another plaque is embedded on the front of the brick pillar monument.

Location:  The pillar marker is located southeast of the Bryce Brick House on the west side of Bryce-Eden Road and one mile north of the town of Pima.

6384 Bryce-Eden Road
Bryce, Graham County, Arizona

33.923773, -109.827344

History:

The marker reads, 

“Home of Ebenezer and Mary Ann Park Bryce / Built in 1897 

Ebenezer Bryce was a Scottish immigrant who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at age 17. He traveled to Utah in search of religious freedom. There he met and married Canadian-born Mary Ann Park. They had twelve children, all of whom lived to adulthood.  

The family helped pioneer many communities by establishing mills, farms, and ranches. Bryce Canyon National Park is named for Ebenezer. Due to increasing health concerns, the family moved to Arizona for the warmer climate. 

The family first lived in Pima but soon homesteaded here. They created the Bryce canal and built the first grist mill north of the Gila River. Ebenezer and three others built a sawmill on Mt. Graham. Bryce Mountain was the rangeland for his cattle and sheep. 

A lumber home housed the family until the brick home was completed for his beloved wife Mary Ann. This home was built from local hewn stones, bricks from a Safford kiln, and lumber from Mt. Graham. The home stands as a monument to all pioneers, past, present, and future who overcame challenges and adversity with faith and family. Ebenezer and Mary Ann are buried in the Bryce Cemetery.”

Embedded below and on the front of the brick monument reads another plaque, “Bricks used to form this monument are the original bricks used for the old Bryce School House.”

In 2021, the Ebenezer Bryce Foundation acquired the house and 2.3 acres, turning it into a park with picnic tables named after Mary Ann Park Bryce. The house is now a museum.

Dedicated:
January 18, 2025

Sponsor: 

Gila Valley Chapter, NSDAR.

 

A black and white photo from 1865 with Ebenezer sitting on the left next to his wife, Mary Ann Bryce with period clothing and jewelry.
Ebenezer and Mary Ann Bryce in 1865.
Photographer unknown.
Camera picture taken in January 2025 of the front of the Bryce red brick house with 4 step wooden porch. The rectangular house is one story with the front door centered between two windows with two chimneys on each end of the house.
Front of the 1897 Bryce brick house,
taken on January 18, 2025.
Photo showing the 4 foot red brick marker with description plaques pertaining to the home and the bricks. The plaques are placed on the top and front of the marker. To the left of the marker is a yard flag which reads “America 250 Daughters of the American Revolution”.
Bryce brick house marker dedicated
by the Gila Valley Chapter, NSDAR.
A group of 14 ladies from the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution Gila Valley Chapter holding American flags while standing on both sides of the 4 foot brick marker. In the ground is an America 250 yard flag. The photo was taken at the unveiling of the Bryce Brick House marker on January 18, 2025.
Gila Valley Chapter, NSDAR, unveiling of the Bryce brick house marker on January 18, 2025.

  

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