The Ghost Town Of Lowell, Arizona Is Home To Hundreds Of Preserved Vintage Cars
By Melissa Mahoney|Published April 01, 2024
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Melissa Mahoney
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I'm an east coast girl living in a west coast world. I grew up in New England before moving to SoCal for several years. I then lived in NYC or a year before moving to AZ in 2009. I worked in the entertainment industry for many years of my adult life and have a deep love for photography, writing, and traveling around the U.S. as well as to far-flung locations around the world. Travel is my life and writing about it is a dream!
Ghost towns are a peek into the past, a portal of sorts to another time. The ghost town of Lowell, Arizona, part of the town of Bisbee, is like a 1950s time capsule that has remained unchanged. And while ghost towns often have a creepy feel, Lowell is far more charming than it is frightening.
Once upon a time, Lowell was a copper mining town that was eventually incorporated into the town of Bisbee in the early 1900s. This was once a thriving part of Southern Arizona. Then with the expansion of the open-pit copper mine, many homes were lost and, therefore, residents moved out of town.
What remains of Lowell today can be found along Bisbee's Erie Street. Buildings and structures throughout this ghost town have been maintained by the volunteer-run Lowell Americana Project.
Among the buildings you can see in town include an old Greyhound bus terminal complete with a bus on the street, vintage signs, a pharmacy, a movie theater...
...an old Shell station complete with gas pumps, a Harley Davidson repair shop, an old department store, and more. If you haven't yet visited the town of Lowell, it's worth seeing it in person!
Have you ever visited the ghost town of Lowell, Arizona? How was your experience there? What other Arizona ghost towns have you explored before? Let us know. To learn more and to see more photos, follow the Lowell Americana Project’s Facebook page.
Are you planning on taking a road trip to Bisbee anytime soon? If you need a place to stay, check out the 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom High Road House vacation rental conveniently located above Bisbee’s downtown!
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