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==Galleries== This gallery includes photos of the following: * The '''Litchfield Train Station''' β built in 1920 to serve the town of [[Litchfield Park, Arizona|Litchfield Park]] and sold to the City of Goodyear for $5,000 in 2009. The station, which once was located near Maricopa County 85 and Litchfield Road, was moved to the city waterworks land, where it currently lies in a total state of abandonment and deterioration.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.phoenixmag.com/history/home-depot.html |title=Home Depot |access-date=April 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912131846/http://www.phoenixmag.com/History/home-depot.html |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''Phoenix Trotting Park''', a [[horse racing]] track built in 1964. It opened in 1965 and was run for about two and a half seasons. The property sat abandoned since its closure and was demolished in 2017.<ref>[http://www.phoenixtrottingpark.com/ All About Phoenix Trotting Park]</ref> * A '''Goodyear-Wingfoot house''' β located in Greenleaf Lane in the town of Goodyear, was built by a Southwest Cotton factory at Litchfield Airport in 1943. Called the "home of the future," the Wingfoot Houses were 8 feet wide. Once on site, the bedroom wings were pulled out like drawers to yield a T-shaped, flat-roofed house. It had {{convert|255|ft2|m2}} of living area.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2014/10/09/goodyear-arizona-history-wingfoot-house/16970915/ Goodyear history: 'Wingfoot' house created in Goodyear]</ref><ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2014/10/09/goodyear-arizona-history-wingfoot-house/16970915/ Goodyear Arizona History Wingfoot House]</ref> {{Gallery |title=Historic structures in state of abandonment and deterioration |width=180px |height=200px |align=center |File:Litchfield Park-Litchfield Train Station-1920.jpg |Litchfield Train Station |File:Litchfield Park-Litchfield Train Station-1920-2.jpg|The deteriorating condition of the Litchfield Train Station, now in the town of Goodyear |File: Goodyear-Phoenix Trotting Park-built in 1965-2.JPG |Front of the Phoenix Trotting Park, built in 1965, closed in 1966 |File:Goodyear-Phoenix Trotting Park-1965-3.JPG |A different view of the front of the Phoenix Trotting Park |File: Goodyear-Phoenix Trotting Park-1965-6.jpg|Another view of the Phoenix Trotting Park |File:Goodyear-Wingfoot House-1943-2.JPG |A Wingfoot house |File:Goodyear-Phoenix Goodyear Airport-Boneyard-1941.JPG|The Phoenix-Goodyear Airport "bone-yard" where planes that are no longer in use are kept }}
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