Pioneer and Military Memorial Park, Historic cemetery park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is a group of nine historic cemeteries in Phoenix, Arizona, established between 1884 and 1898 and closed to burials in 1914. The 11.6-acre site runs between 15th and 13th Avenues from W. Jefferson Street south to W. Harrison Street. Its Smurthwaite House, a Victorian building of 1897 moved here in 1991, now serves as the visitor center.

Phoenix's first cemetery, in the 1870 townsite, was called "a disgrace to a city the size and enterprise of Phoenix." In 1884 Mayor DeForest Porter had the city buy land in Block 32 of Neahr's Addition, where Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias cemeteries had opened that June. The city, John Loosley and Maricopa County added four more by 1885; Porter (1891) and Rosedale (1898) completed the nine, all closed to burials in 1914.

The nine cemeteries were laid out by fraternal orders and the city: Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias opened grounds in Block 32 in June 1884, followed by the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the municipal cemetery, John Loosley's public cemetery and a Maricopa County potter's field. Porter and Rosedale cemeteries came in 1891 and 1898. The Smurthwaite House, built in 1897, now serves as the visitor center.

The 11.6-acre park lies between 15th and 13th Aves., from W. Jefferson St. south to W. Harrison St. The Smurthwaite House at 1317 W. Jefferson St. serves as visitor center, office and research facility. The Pioneers' Cemetery Association manages the site with the city Parks and Recreation Department.

The 1897 Smurthwaite House, designed by the firm Millard & Creighton for Dr. and Mrs. Darius Purman as a rental property, was moved to the park in 1991 with a $50,000 Heritage Fund grant. It now serves as the visitor center and research office, and the main room displays C. J. Dyer's 1885 Bird's Eye View of Phoenix; Dyer was mayor pro tem in 1899 and 1900.