Hunt's Tomb, Pyramid tomb in Papago Park, Phoenix, United States.
Hunt's Tomb stands as a small white pyramid structure positioned behind a fence at the crest of a hill within Papago Park, offering commanding views over the Phoenix Zoo and the eastern Valley of the Sun.
George W. P. Hunt, Arizona's first governor, had this white pyramid built in 1931 to entomb his wife. He was placed there after his death in 1934, and their daughter and members of his wife's family are also buried in the tomb. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The tomb commemorates George W. P. Hunt, who served seven terms as Arizona's governor and was known as a friend of the common man while maintaining hostile relations with railroad and mining trusts he called 'coyotes' and 'skunks'.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, the tomb covers less than one acre and remains accessible to visitors exploring Papago Park's historical and recreational attractions in Phoenix.
Plaques on the pyramid highlight Hunt's ancestral ties to a Revolutionary War patriot and his early support for women's voting rights in Arizona, eight years before nationwide adoption of women's suffrage.
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