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Post by the Scribe on Aug 22, 2020 23:28:11 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Aug 22, 2020 23:41:44 GMT
Armory Park tour is a walk back in timetucson.com/lifestyles/armory-park-tour-is-a-walk-back-in-time/article_e90c6819-b700-5645-9667-31bd9a8b73f1.html
By Jay Gonzales Special to the Arizona Daily Star Nov 8, 2015 Updated Feb 21, 2017
Historic Armory Park in Tucson, AZ
The Armory Park Historic District Tour features 14 properties that are a mix of homes, businesses and galleries. The tour starts at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 545 S. Fifth Ave. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.armoryparktucson.org or at St. Andrew’s on the day of the tour. Capsule information provided by the Armory Park Neighborhood Association.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, original construction 1930. The kitchen is now used by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, an organization which provides meals to downtown area shut-ins and the hungry.
Zepeda-Ronstadt House, Queen Anne Victorian home built in 1902.
Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio, formerly a Tastee Freeze ice cream shop.
Godat House, 1870s adobe house served as a two-room warehouse for the Lord & Williams Mercantile Company, and as a stop on the Butterfield Stage Line.
Brockman House, built in 1906 and owned by the Brockman family until 1978.
Philabaum House, painted-brick home was built between 1907 and 1910 by a family which operated a bakery and ice cream factory in the kitchen.
Munsie/Laos House, Teddy Roosevelt spent the night in the Anglo-Territorial home built in 1897. The home was among the first in town to boast a central cooling system.
Duffy House, Queen Anne Revival-style home built in 1898 by James Duffy who arrived in Tucson in 1881 as part of a construction crew working on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Clark/Cooper House, Queen Anne bungalow built sometime between 1898 and 1902.
Schuerman House, built between 1899-1901 in the English Colonial Revival style.
Derrig House, the original 1888 house facing Fourth Avenue began as two adobe structures later united by a traditional zaguán central hall. The zaguan’s ceiling of railroad ties and packing crates includes one tie with the initials “S.P.” for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Amado House, two-story, Queen Anne-style house was built in 1905 by prominent Southern Arizona cattleman Manuel Amado.
Willard Hotel, Spanish-Revival building began as the Willard Hotel, designed by Henry C. Trost, and built between 1902 and 1904 by Willard Wright, now houses the law firm of Harsh, Davis, Walker and Piccarreta.
Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1914, for the fraternal order's Tucson lodge. Designed by noted architect Henry O. Jaastad, it housed the Fellows until the 1960s, when they moved to a smaller midtown location.
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