Bonelli House, Kingman

About Bonelli House

Bonelli House preserves the second home built by George and Effie Bonelli after a fire destroyed their original 1894 house, offering guided tours of this stone structure completed in 1915. Visitors explore Anglo-territorial architecture and the lifestyle of a prominent Arizona family at the turn of the twentieth century, examining artifacts that survived the 1915 fire now on display inside. The house showcases distinctive design features including a cupola that served as a lookout and functioned as a passive cooling system, exit doors to the veranda in each room for fire safety, and thick volcanic-stone exterior walls built by stonemason Mr. Prendergast. The structure demonstrates five-point passive air-conditioning including leafy vines on the three-sided veranda and interior hot-air passages. Guided tours run Tuesday through Friday with last entry at 2:30pm. The museum charges admission for adults and seniors, though children twelve and under receive free admission. Bonelli House sits at the corner of 5th and Spring Streets in Kingman, Arizona.