This historical walk, designed A Historical Walking Tour as a loop, begins and ends at of Downtown Tucson the intersection of Church and The Presidio Trail Washington Streets, the north- east corner of Tucson’s historic presidio. The complete walk (about 21/2 miles in length) takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours, but it can, of course, be done in segments, beginning and ending wherever you like.

More than 20 restaurants are within a few blocks of the walk, C providing plenty of opportunities for lunch or a break. Most of the B sites on the tour are marked with historical plaques that provide additional information. Santa Cruz River Enjoy this walk through the heart of our city, which has expanded Just follow the turquoise striped path to out from the adobe fort that was visit each NUMBERED site. Sites its beginning. designated with LETTERS are not directly on the tour, but are interesting locations that can be viewed from the tour P route or are close by.

1 Presidio San Agustín de Tucson 2 Pima County Courthouse 9 3 Mormon Battalion Sculpture D 4 Soldado de Cuera (Leather 10 8 22 Jacket Soldier) Sculpture 12 11 W 4 5 Allande Footbridge 6 5 3 23 6 Garcés Footbridge 13 7 7 Gazebo in Plaza de Mesilla rsCenter 1 14 Visito 2 (La Placita) A A Francisco “Pancho” Villa Statue R P 8 Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House W P 15 E 21 9 Jácome Art Panel at Tucson P H I Convention Center B Sentinel Peak/“A” Mountain G C Tumamoc (Horned Lizard) Hill 16 10 El Tiradito (The Castaway), also known as The Wishing Shrine F P 11 La Pilita D Carrillo Gardens/Elysian Grove & Market 17 18 12 Carrillo Elementary School R 13 Teatro Carmen W 20 14 Ferrin House (now Cushing Street R Bar & Restaurant) 19 W

15 Barrio Viejo Streetscape 20 Historic Railroad Depot Map by Wolf Forrest 16 Temple of Music & Art H Pioneer Hotel Building E St. Augustine Cathedral I Historical Society Downtown P Parking 17 Armory Park Museum W Water Fountain F Former Carnegie Library, now the Tucson 21 Fox Theatre R Restroom/Water Fountain Children’s Museum 22 Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block W G Scottish Rite Cathedral 23 Telles Block (now Old Town Artisans) Tucson is generally warm and sunny even in winter, 18 International Order of Odd Fellows Hall so it is advisable to take water and wear a shady hat. 19 Hotel Congress

style, was named for Mexican businessman Leopoldo businessman Mexican for named was style,

the Mormon Battalion in 1846. 1846. in Battalion Mormon the

This elementary school, built in 1930 in the Mission Revival Mission the in 1930 in built school, elementary This

with Lt. Col. Hugo O’Conor in 1775 to found the presidio in presidio the found to 1775 in O’Conor Hugo Col. Lt. with who fought in the Spanish-American War, WWI, and with and WWI, War, Spanish-American the in fought who

name Tucson. Tucson. name

Garcés, the Franciscan priest who rode north from Tubac from north rode who priest Franciscan the Garcés,

Lowell. Three monuments are located here honoring those honoring here located are monuments Three Lowell. CARRILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY CARRILLO

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means “at the black base.” This is the source of the the of source the is This base.” black the “at means

This bridge, across Broadway, commemorates Father Francisco Father commemorates Broadway, across bridge, This rowdy, the camp was eventually moved out of town to Fort to town of out moved eventually was camp the rowdy,

O’Odham name for the mountain, pronounced Schook-schon, pronounced mountain, the for name O’Odham

neighbors considered the soldiers’ behavior excessively behavior soldiers’ the considered neighbors

with a beautiful garden in the rear. the in garden beautiful a with GARCÉS FOOTBRIDGE GARCÉS 6 the result of a football victory over Pomona College. The College. Pomona over victory football a of result the

camp where soldiers were bivouacked. Because the civilian the Because bivouacked. were soldiers where camp

popular market; today it is a charming bed and breakfast and bed charming a is it today market; popular a burst of student enthusiasm, as as enthusiasm, student Arizona of University of burst a

During and immediately after the Civil Was this was the was this Was Civil the after immediately and During

called Elysian Grove. One of the adobe buildings became a became buildings adobe the of One Grove. Elysian called was the largest in the Southwest. the in largest the was the presidio and mission. The “A” was added in 1915, in in 1915, in added was “A” The mission. and presidio the

grew in the area and homes were built in a neighborhood a in built were homes and area the in grew financed the early construction efforts at the presidio, which presidio, the at efforts construction early the financed American sentinels, who watched for raiders approaching raiders for watched who sentinels, American ARMORY PARK ARMORY 17

quake, it left behind a small fertile hollow. Trees eventually Trees hollow. fertile small a behind left it quake, commander of the presidio in 1777. Allande personally Allande 1777. in presidio the of commander letter “A.” This was once a lookout for Spanish and Native and Spanish for lookout a once was This “A.” letter

lake to dry up. When the water disappeared after the earth- the after disappeared water the When up. dry to lake edro de Allande y Saabedra who was appointed the first the appointed was who Saabedra y Allande de edro P the west you will see a basaltic peak adorned with the with adorned peak basaltic a see will you west the To is one of the bells from the Spanish-era presidio. Spanish-era the from bells the of one is

shook southern Arizona causing the artesian spring and the and spring artesian the causing Arizona southern shook

This bridge, crossing Pennington St., is dedicated to Don to dedicated is St., Pennington crossing bridge, This horned lizard and various cacti. Housed within the vestibule the within Housed cacti. various and lizard horned

SENTINEL PEAK/”A” MOUNTAIN PEAK/”A” SENTINEL

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picnic or a Sunday stroll. In 1887 a tremendous earthquake tremendous a 1887 In stroll. Sunday a or picnic

local flora and fauna the facade features a saguaro, yucca, saguaro, a features facade the fauna and flora local ALLANDE FOOTBRIDGE ALLANDE 5

popular amusement park. This was a very popular site for a for site popular very a was This park. amusement popular has a magnificent sandstone facade. In an unusual tribute to tribute unusual an In facade. sandstone magnificent a has

convention center. convention

gardens with shade trees and roses, and the place became a became place the and roses, and trees shade with gardens

Begun in 1896, this Spanish Colonial Revival style church style Revival Colonial Spanish this 1896, in Begun

was the premiere weapon of the day. the of weapon premiere the was

the 1970s, the Jácome family donated the art to the new the to art the donated family Jácome the 1970s, the

Leopoldo Carrillo, built a dam to form a lake and planted and lake a form to dam a built Carrillo, Leopoldo

shield helped to deflect arrows and his 10-foot-long lance 10-foot-long his and arrows deflect to helped shield

downtown Tucson. When that store was demolished in in demolished was store that When Tucson. downtown . AUGUSTINE CATHEDRAL AUGUSTINE . ST E

community in the 1800s. An enterprising local citizen, local enterprising An 1800s. the in community

stop an arrow. The leggings protected him from thorns. His thorns. from him protected leggings The arrow. an stop

displayed on the front of the Jácome Department Store in Store Department Jácome the of front the on displayed

(El Ojito) that was the source of drinking water for the the for water drinking of source the was that Ojito) (El

the late 1700s. The leather vest (7 layers of rawhide) could rawhide) of layers (7 vest leather The 1700s. late the

This panel, depicting the arrival of the Spanish, used to be to used Spanish, the of arrival the depicting panel, This venue, renowned for its excellent acoustics. excellent its for renowned venue,

the west along Simpson St. was an artesian spring spring artesian an was St. Simpson along west the To

This Spanish soldier stands in the battle uniform typical of typical uniform battle the in stands soldier Spanish This

The building was restored in 1990 and is a popular theater popular a is and 1990 in restored was building The

TUCSON CONVENTION CENTER CONVENTION TUCSON

GROVE & MARKET & GROVE

building features an inviting courtyard with a fountain. fountain. a with courtyard inviting an features building

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Heifetz. Built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, this style, Revival Colonial Spanish the in Built Heifetz. SOLDADO DE CUERA (LEATHER JACKET (LEATHER CUERA DE SOLDADO 4

to Tucson including world famous artists such as Jascha as such artists famous world including Tucson to

was probably planted in the 1700s. the in planted probably was

the story of the Hispanic community. Hispanic the of story the

Morning Music Club, brought a flourishing musical scene scene musical flourishing a brought Club, Music Morning

north side of statue). of side north the front to the rear yard. The mission fig in the courtyard the in fig mission The yard. rear the to front the

created by the children. The mural on the south wall tells wall south the on mural The children. the by created

This 1927 theater, constructed on behalf of The Saturday The of behalf on constructed theater, 1927 This

joined in the fun by playing his fiddle (note fiddle case on case fiddle (note fiddle his playing by fun the in joined , a central hall leading from leading hall central a , zaguán a of example excellent

School (Stop No.12). Inside are projects about local history local about projects are Inside No.12). (Stop School

ed the soldiers to a fiesta. One of the Mormon soldiers Mormon the of One fiesta. a to soldiers the ed Governor in 1878. This Sonoran row house contains an contains house row Sonoran This 1878. in Governor

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items made by the students at the nearby Carrillo Elementary Carrillo nearby the at students the by made items

in spite of being nervous about these armed outsiders, treat- outsiders, armed these about nervous being of spite in John C. Frémont, who was appointed the Territorial the appointed was who Frémont, C. John

This adobe structure is a small museum and store selling store and museum small a is structure adobe This

to fight in the Mexican War. The Spanish-speaking citizenry, Spanish-speaking The War. Mexican the in fight to as the 1850s. It was briefly used as the residence of General of residence the as used briefly was It 1850s. the as direct rainwater away from the adobe walls. adobe the from away rainwater direct

Mormon soldiers entered Tucson on their way to California to way their on Tucson entered soldiers Mormon PILITA LA families; the oldest part of the structure was built as early early as built was structure the of part oldest the families; No. 124, note the decorated canales, long metal spouts that spouts metal long canales, decorated the note 124, No. 11

This bronze statue commemorates the day in 1846 when 1846 in day the commemorates statue bronze This This house museum was once owned by the Sosa-Carrillo the by owned once was museum house This Barrio Viejo, Tucson’s oldest neighborhood. On the front of front the On neighborhood. oldest Tucson’s Viejo, Barrio

people lit candles at this location to pray for his soul. his for pray to location this at candles lit people Sonoran row-house style in the late 1800s, are part of part are 1800s, late the in style row-house Sonoran

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let the man be buried in the consecrated cemetery so local so cemetery consecrated the in buried be man the let These adobe buildings along Cushing Street, built in the in built Street, Cushing along buildings adobe These

with a husband killing his wife’s lover. A priest would not would priest A lover. wife’s his killing husband a with

the Assessor’s Office on the south side of the courtyard. the of side south the on Office Assessor’s the made outlaw incursions into southern Arizona. Arizona. southern into incursions outlaw made BARRIO VIEJO STREETSCAPE VIEJO BARRIO 15

with this shrine involves a tragic love triangle in the 1870s, the in triangle love tragic a involves shrine this with

An actual piece of the original presidio wall can be seen in seen be can wall presidio original the of piece actual An 1981, with a wry sense of irony considering Pancho Villa Pancho considering irony of sense wry a with 1981,

asking for help with their problems. One legend associated legend One problems. their with help for asking

with a granite strip in the red tile walkway inside the courtyard. the inside walkway tile red the in strip granite a with Broadway. The statue was given to Tucson by Mexico in Mexico by Tucson to given was statue The Broadway. family-owned restaurant and bar. and restaurant family-owned

in Mexico, where people come to burn candles and pray, and candles burn to come people where Mexico, in

courtyard. The east wall of the presidio (Stop No. 1) is marked is 1) No. (Stop presidio the of wall east The courtyard. ancho Villa is visible on a grassy area in the center of center the in area grassy a on visible is Villa ancho P residence in the 1880s; the structure now operates as a as operates now structure the 1880s; the in residence

This shrine is typical of small shrines in many communities many in shrines small of typical is shrine This

building features a beautiful blue-tiled dome and elegant and dome blue-tiled beautiful a features building Through the wrought iron fence a commanding statue of statue commanding a fence iron wrought the Through Arizona on south Stone Ave. A store was added to the the to added was store A Ave. Stone south on Arizona

Built in 1929 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, this style, Revival Colonial Spanish the in 1929 in Built Clara were instrumental in building the first synagogue in synagogue first the building in instrumental were Clara

THE WISHING SHRINE WISHING THE also known as known also

FRANCISCO “PANCHO” VILLA STATUE VILLA “PANCHO” FRANCISCO

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Ferrin and his wife Therese. Therese and the Ferrin’s daughter Ferrin’s the and Therese Therese. wife his and Ferrin EL TIRADITO (THE CASTAWAY) CASTAWAY) (THE TIRADITO EL PIMA COUNTY COURTHOUSE COUNTY PIMA 2 10

This old adobe home was built in the 1860s by tailor Joseph tailor by 1860s the in built was home adobe old This

Tucson neighborhood as part of urban renewal. urban of part as neighborhood Tucson

years and is an important archaeological site. archaeological important an is and years and Washington. and shops and offices built in the 1970s on the site of an old an of site the on 1970s the in built offices and shops BAR & RESTAURANT) & BAR

people for farming and other purposes for several thousand several for purposes other and farming for people presidio is being reconstructed on its original site at Church at site original its on reconstructed being is presidio encounters along the trail. La Placita is a collection of of collection a is Placita La trail. the along encounters FERRIN HOUSE (now CUSHING STREET CUSHING (now HOUSE FERRIN 14

Sonoran Desert. In addition, the hill was used by indigenous by used was hill the addition, In Desert. Sonoran the Spanish frontier in Arizona. The northeast corner of the of corner northeast The Arizona. in frontier Spanish the arrows would be embedded in the stagecoach from from stagecoach the in embedded be would arrows

longest continuous botanical monitoring plots in the in plots monitoring botanical continuous longest each 20 feet high. This fort marked the northwestern edge of edge northwestern the marked fort This high. feet 20 each the old El Camino Real (the Royal Road). Often, Often, Road). Royal (the Real Camino El old the theater, boxing arena, garage, and Elks Lodge. Elks and garage, arena, boxing theater,

Laboratory, founded in 1903. This hill is the site of the of site the is hill This 1903. in founded Laboratory, consisted of 10-foot-high adobe walls and two corner towers, corner two and walls adobe 10-foot-high of consisted into town from Mesilla, New Mexico, or San Diego along Diego San or Mexico, New Mesilla, from town into staging dramatic works in Spanish, then it became a movie a became it then Spanish, in works dramatic staging

Tumamoc is the home of the University of Arizona’s Desert Arizona’s of University the of home the is Tumamoc in Tucson. By the 1780s, when the fort was completed, it completed, was fort the when 1780s, the By Tucson. in plaza and is the site where the stagecoach would gallop gallop would stagecoach the where site the is and plaza history. Opened in 1915, it began as a theater devoted to devoted theater a as began it 1915, in Opened history.

heard them and turned the lizard into a rocky hill. Now hill. rocky a into lizard the turned and them heard foot of "A" Mountain, this was the first European structure European first the was this Mountain, "A" of foot This is a replica of the original 1880s bandstand in the in bandstand 1880s original the of replica a is This Carmen Soto Vásquez, has an interesting and checkered checkered and interesting an has Vásquez, Soto Carmen

The O’odham prayed to their god I’itoi to help them. I’itoi them. help to I’itoi god their to prayed O’odham The of a small Spanish chapel across the Santa Cruz River at the at River Cruz Santa the across chapel Spanish small a of This adobe building named for the wife of its builder, its of wife the for named building adobe This

(La Placita) (La

legend a giant horned lizard suddenly began eating people. eating began suddenly lizard horned giant a legend size, in what is now downtown Tucson. With the exception the With Tucson. downtown now is what in size,

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lizard” in the Tohono O’odham language. In an O’odham an In language. O’odham Tohono the in lizard” serving in the Spanish Army, established a fort, 11 acres in acres 11 fort, a established Army, Spanish the in serving

This hill, located just north of “A” Mountain, means “horned means Mountain, “A” of north just located hill, This On August 20th, 1775, Lt. Col. Hugo O'Conor, an Irishman an O'Conor, Hugo Col. Lt. 1775, 20th, August On

during an Indian uprising. Indian an during photographs of the former Carrillo Gardens and the lake. lake. the and Gardens Carrillo former the of photographs

PRESIDIO SAN AGUSTÍN de TUCSON de AGUSTÍN SAN PRESIDIO TUMAMOC (HORNED LIZARD) HILL LIZARD) (HORNED TUMAMOC C 1 Tucson. He explored throughout the region and died in 1781 in died and region the throughout explored He Tucson. Carrillo. On the walls of the school’s hallway are historical are hallway school’s the of walls the On Carrillo.

F Former CARNEGIE LIBRARY H PIONEER HOTEL BUILDING Now the TUCSON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Built in 1928 in the center of the downtown business district, The Presidio Trail Built in 1900 this building has survived fire and the loss of this hotel catered to the social elite. In the mid-20th century much of its ornamentation. The massive bench at the front Harold and Margaret Steinfeld, owners of a large downtown A Historical Walking Tour of was designed by California architect Bernard Maybeck and department store lived in the penthouse. A disastrous fire sculpted by world-famous sculptor Benjamin Bufano in severely damaged the building in December 1970, and Downtown Tucson honor of Arizona’s pioneer settlers. among the 29 victims were the Steinfelds. The fire hastened the decline of downtown Tucson, which is reviving today G SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL with the help of the ambitious Rio Nuevo redevelopment Designed by Henry Trost, this unusual building was built in project. 1915 in a variety of Neoclassical styles. The building facade, I of brick and terra cotta, is Roman Revival with Greek ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Revival Ionic capitals. The building houses Masonic DOWNTOWN MUSEUM organizations and is not open to the public. Located just across from the Tucson Main Library, this small museum tells the fascinating story of downtown Tucson. 18 INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF ODD Support provided by FELLOWS HALL 21 FOX THEATRE This early 20th century commercial building once housed After being closed for 30 years, this grand Art Deco movie Metropolitan Tucson Convention & a spacious dance hall on the second floor. The Odd Fellows theater has just been restored to its former greatness. have been an active social club since 1891 in Tucson as Originally designed for vaudeville and silent movies, this Visitors Bureau well as a charitable group whose goals include helping became Tucson’s preeminent movie theater. It was the site fellow community members in times of need. The building of the world premier in 1939 of the film Arizona starring now houses a restaurant as well as art and photography William Holden and Jean Arthur. It is planned to be used galleries and studios. for both screen and stage events.

19 HOTEL CONGRESS 22 TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND Built in 1919 across from the railroad depot, this hotel HISTORIC BLOCK was popular with winter visitors. It became famous in 1934 Built in 1973, this museum features modern, western, and when members of John Dillinger’s gang rented rooms. While Pre-Columbian art. Five historic homes are on its grounds. they were there, the building caught fire and the gang paid The Fish-Stevens homes, the Romero house, and the Casa some firemen to carry their bags outside. The firemen didn’t Córdova, all built in the 1860s, are classic Sonoran row open the bags but wondered why they were so heavy; the houses. Casa Córdova displays Mexican and Territorial bags contained submachine guns and bulletproof vests. The period rooms, as well as the Nacimiento, a Mexican gang was recognized from a True Detective Mysteries maga- Nativity Scene, generally open from November to April. zine and soon arrested. This hotel flourishes today and The Mission Revival style Corbett house was built in 1907 includes a popular restaurant and active night spot. by one of Tucson’s first lumber dealers. Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation 20 HISTORIC RAILROAD DEPOT 23 TELLES BLOCK (now OLD TOWN ARTISANS) PO Box 1334 Built in 1907, the depot was restored in 2004 to its 1942 Almost this entire block is defined by attached Sonoran row appearance. In addition to a functioning passenger train houses, with a large, shady courtyard on the interior. These Tucson, AZ 85702-1334 lobby, it houses office space, a restaurant, a gift gallery, structures have had a variety of incarnations, including Tel. 520-748-2837 and an excellent small museum highlighting transportation. homes during the late 1800s, a lumber yard, and a gas sta- www.tucsonpresidiotrust.com Historic steam locomotive #1673 is located at trackside. A tion. In addition, the blacksmith shop of the Spanish-era life-size sculpture of Wyatt Earp and “Doc” Holiday marks presidio was very likely located here. Now these old adobe the 1882 incident ending with the death of Frank Stilwell buildings house 11 different artisans shops as well as a near the first depot. restaurant. ©2005 Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation Map and Illustrations by Wolf Forrest Design by Lori Lieber Graphic Design, Inc.

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