Fort Verde State Historic Park, Military post heritage site in Camp Verde, Arizona.

Fort Verde State Historic Park preserves four buildings from a military post that grew between 1871 and 1873 in Camp Verde, Arizona. The Administration Building now holds the visitor center and museum, while the Commanding Officer Quarters, Bachelor Officers' Quarters and Doctor's & Surgeons Quarters show how officers and medical staff lived. Some structures were built with pice, large adobe slabs cast in wooden frames rather than individual bricks.

Fort Verde was established at its current site in 1871, replacing Camp Lincoln a mile north. It served as a base for General Crook's 1872–73 campaign against the northern Apaches and was renamed Fort Verde in 1879. Abandoned in 1891 and sold at auction in 1899, it became a state park in 1970.

The site displays how soldiers, doctors, and indigenous scouts shared daily life through uniforms and personal belongings on view. These objects tell the stories of people who served here and left their mark on the place.

The grounds are accessible daily for self-guided exploration. Visitors should prepare for hot, dry weather and wear sturdy shoes, as pathways cross desert terrain.

The fort was never enclosed by walls or stockades, and no fighting took place on the site. At its height it had twenty-two buildings; only four survived to 1956, when local citizens opened a museum in the administration building and later donated the buildings and ten acres for the state park.