Facility Rentals

• The McCullough-Price House is available for facility rental. Host your small special event here!
    * Intimate Weddings & Receptions
    * Luncheons & Banquests
    * Meetings & Seminars
• Rental Policy, Rules and Regulations (PDF)
   
  Please contact House Coordinator Angela Lillie at 480.782.2876 for more information and to set up a site tour.

Holiday Closures

The MCullough-Price House will be closed on the following holidays:

• July 4-5, 2008
• November 11, 2008
• November 27, 28 & 29, 2008
• December 25, 2008

  

McCullough-Price House Documentary (Streaming Video)

•      Price House: A Snapshot in Time
  The documentary, "Price House: A Snapshot in Time," details the story of a house whose history mirrors that of the City of Chandler. Built as a winter residence by an affluent Detroit family who enjoyed the frequent visits to Chandler's San Marcos resort, the Price house was once the center of a ranch and farm operation spreading more than 300 acres, but now sits quietly in the shadow of the Chandler Fashion Center Mall. This program relates to its viewers just what makes a building historically significant and how this home in particular touched so many lives - from the well-heeled residents who called it home, to the farm workers who toiled in its fields.
    

Renovation of the Historic McCullough-Price House

The house is located on the southwest side of Chandler Fashion Center, making it an ideal location to provide visitor information, exhibits, and cultural programming for the community. The renovated historic home includes gallery, office and meeting spaces, and a catering kitchen. This renovation project supports the City’s 1999 Public History Master Plan, which encourages the City to develop projects that "increase civic identity, historic preservation and cultural and heritage tourism."
 

A Short History of the McCullough-Price House

The house was built in 1938 by William D. McCullough, a Detroit resident who wintered at the San Marcos Hotel in the mid 1930s. Designed by well-known architects Lescher and Mahoney, the home had four bedrooms, maid's quarters, a roof patio, and built-in barbecue in the back yard. The house sat in the middle of 350 acres of alfalfa and cotton fields, placed half a mile from Price Road. The home eventually was purchased by the Lockheed family, managers of the Pecos Valley Milling Company, located at Pecos Road and the railroad tracks east of Arizona Avenue. When the home was vacant for several years, the San Marcos Hotel rented the home to visitors.  

In 1950, the Lockheed family sold the home to Arthur and Louise Price. Arthur had lived in Chandler since 1913, working closely with Dr. A.J. Chandler as a lawyer. By 1930 he had branched out into farming and land development. Arthur was instrumental in drafting Chandler's constitution and by-laws as the first City Attorney. He also became the first Justice of the Peace. Louise, another long-time resident, was the niece of A.J. Chandler, and her father, Harry, was a pioneer resident of Mesa. 

The two lived in the home until the early 1970s. After the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Price, the family rented the house out. The land surrounding the Price House remained agricultural until the 1980s, when the Valley-wide housing boom expanded into Chandler's once rural areas. Pulte Homes purchased a large amount of land just west of the Price House and constructed the Hearthstone Subdivision. Retail and subdivision development continued. The house, with its distinctive southwestern flair that contrasted with other traditional farmhouses scattered about Chandler, has remained almost unchanged over time.
 

Map to the McCullough-Price House