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Exploring history along the 53 Chuck Huckelberry Loop MOORE MOORE A trip along the Loop and nearby neighborhoods and communities offers TANGERINE TANGERINE PEAKS TWIN TANGERINE 54 A SANDERS AN a fascinating look at dozens of historical points of interest here in Pima AÑ M ORO VALLEY MARANA E 52 SILVERBELL . D FIRST County. From the iconic Pima County Courthouse near the Santa Cruz River O NARANJA M C THORNYDALE L to the site of ancestral homes of Native Americans at the confluence of the E AVRA VALLEY Rillito River and Pantano Wash, users will find cultural and historic points of LAMBERT 53 AVRA VALLEY ORACLE MOORE MOORE interest on whatever path they choose. 51 DE OESTE CAMINO SANDARIO SHANNON LA CHOLLA TWIN PEAKS LA CAÑADA Rillito River LINDA VISTA A trail through time TWIN PEAKS This guide will help you explore that history. And visit pima.gov/LoopHistory TANGERINE TANGERINE PEAKS TWIN TANGERINE S OVERTON CALLE CONCORDIA Pantano Wash a n t 54 a for more detailed explanations of the historic districts and areas found on this map. A C SANDERS N Julian Wash A r Ñ u A ORO VALLEY z HARTMAN HARDY M R MARANA E 52 i FIRST v SILVERBELL . D e Santa Cruz River O NARANJA r P M a THORNYDALE r C k CORTARO FARMS L MAGEE E Historic sites Downtown area AVRA VALLEY 1 Rillito Racetrack Historic District 33 First Hittinger Block 45 Dr. William Austin Cannon House WADE Cañada del Oro LAMBERT THORNYDALE AVRA VALLEY ORACLE CORTARO 2 St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church 34 Rebeil Block 46 Paul Laurence Dunbar School INA SILVERBELL SKYLINE 51 CAMINO DE OESTE SANDARIO 3 Binghampton Rural Historic Landscape 35 U.S. Post Office and Courthouse 47 Pascua Cultural Plaza SHANNON LA CHOLLA TWIN PEAKS LA CAÑADA LA CHOLLA SHANNON LINDA VISTA LA CAÑADA TWIN PEAKS 4 San Pedro Chapel 36 Valley National Bank Building 48 USDA Tucson Plant MaterialsCTURE Center ROC PI KS ORANGE GROVE S OVERTON CALLE CONCORDIA TIERRA CMO DE LA a n 5 Prehistoric Residential - Hardy Site 37 Fox Theater & Commercial Building 49 Prehistoric Residential - Life on the Floodplain t a C SUNRISE SUNSET FIRST r ORACLE u 6 Ditches/Flume - Historic Use of Pantano Wash 38 Arizona Daily Star Building 50 Early Agricultural Period - Archaic Farmers near 50 z HARTMAN HARDY R iv CAMPBELL e and the Rillito River Tres Rios and Las Capas SUNSET SWAN r 39 Pima County Courthouse P RIVER SNYDER CATALINA HWY ar CORTARO FARMS N k O EL CAMINO DEL CERRO RUTHRAUFF Y MAGEE 7 Fort Lowell Historic District 51 Los Morteros Conservation Park N 40 El Presidio Museum 1 CA Rillito River Park CRAYCROFT O ST. MARY’S RD. IN B 8 Indian Ridge Neighborhood Historic District 52 Steam Pump Ranch 49 2 A 6TH ST. 6TH ST. S 41 Levi H. Manning House WETMORE WADE SWEETWATER RIVER THORNYDALE CORTARO 9 Esmond Station HARRISON 53 Honey Bee Village Conservation Park FIRST STONE INA 42 University of Arizona Campus Historic District ORACLE 3 7TH ST. Sa PRINCE SILVERBELL 10 Pima Air & Space Museum n GRANADA AVE. SKYLINE 54 Romero Ruin/Catalina State Park CMO DE OESTE ta 43 Catalina American Baptist Church C 48 6 r MEYER AVE. GORET u MIRACLE FT. LOWELL FRANKLIN ST. z 6TH AVE. FT. LOWELL 4TH AVE. 11 San Xavier del Bac R MILE 4 5 7 8TH ST. LA CHOLLA SHANNON LA CAÑADA SILVERBELL i DODGE 44 Professor George E. P. Smith House TUCSON v TOOLE AVE. CAMPBELL ALVERNON MOUNTAIN e COLUMBUS GLENN AVE. STONE PICTURE ROCKS r 12 Water is Life, River is Home: A River that Persists CLUB COUNTRY 40 SABINO CANYON ORANGE GROVE P GLENN 8 T SOLDIER TRAIL a an CMO DE LA TIERRA CMO DE LA r q k GRANT ue Verde W IRONWOOD HILLS a 9TH ST. SANDARO TANQUE VERDE 13 Paseo de las Iglesias - Human Use of the Santa MILE WIDE sh 47 43 BEAN AVE. SUNRISE PIMA PSO. REDONDO 39 30 SUNSET FIRST TUCSON ORACLE Cruz River 41 50 Downtown-area sites 45 ALAMEDA ST. 31 SPEEDWAY SPEEDWAY TANQUE VERDE 29 CAMPBELL 14 Julian Wash Archaeological Park PENNINGTON ST. SWAN 38 37 10TH ST. SUNSET Nearly two dozen historic sites can be found in and around the downtown Tucson area. 46 42 44 28 RIVER SNYDER CATALINA HWY 5TH 36 32-34 N 6TH RUTHRAUFF O 15 Santa Cruz Catholic Church KOLB CONGRESS ST. EL CAMINO DEL CERRO Y ST MARYS WILMOT 35 PANTANO FREEMAN ANKLAM HARRISON N GATES PASS HOUGHTON 1 CA BROADWAY SECO CAMINO CRAYCROFT 21 Rillito River Park O 16 Armory Park Historic District ST. MARY’S RD. For sites 22 - 41, BROADWAY BLVD. 27 IN 20 24 25 B see downtown O A 6TH ST. 6TH ST. CONGRESS KENYON L 49 2 S D . WETMORE 16 E inset S 26 RIVER 17 Historic Barrios PA 22 V A 18 17 NISH k SWEETWATER TR r CRAYCROFT A A GREASEWOOD IL 22ND a D HARRISON 19 FIRST A STONE 15 P ORACLE N 3 18 Birthplace of Tucson/Mission Garden 7TH ST. P r A STARR PASS a e R S PRINCE n G Tucson v a GRANADA AVE. 29TH t n SILVERLAKE 29TH a 29TH 29TH i 23 CMO DE OESTE t 29TH n a o R Convention 6 19 Sentinel Peak • Cuk Șon R C z 48 SOUTH i MEYER AVE. v Center r u GORET u FT. LOWELL e MIRACLE FRANKLIN ST. GOLF LINKS r z TUCSON 36TH r 6TH AVE. 4TH AVE. 13 P C FT. LOWELL AVE. OTT a R MILE 4 5 7 20 Tumamoc Hill/Desert Laboratory 8TH ST. r 14TH ST. k a SILVERBELL i MISSION 14 DODGE TUCSON C v TOOLE AVE. t USHING . CAMPBELL ST ALVERNON MOUNTAIN e COLUMBUS n GLENN AVE. STONE r a CLUB COUNTRY 21 Menlo Park Historic District 40 SABINO CANYON P GLENN 8 T SOLDIER TRAIL S PANTANO a KINO a nq KINNEY PRUDENCE SELLAROLE ESCALANTE 15TH ST. rk GRANT ue Verde W AJO IRONWOOD HILLS a 9TH ST. SANDARO TANQUE VERDE 22 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot ESCALANTE MILE WIDE sh AJO 47 43 BEAN AVE. PIMA PSO. REDONDO 39 30 CAMINO SECO TUCSON 23 Sosa Carrillo Fremont House 41 ALAMEDA ST. 31 IRVINGTON IRVINGTON 45 SPEEDWAY TANQUE VERDE IRVINGTON SPEEDWAY 24 La Plaza de la Mesilla 29 S PENNINGTON ST. 38 37 10TH ST. a Ju n li 42 t a 44 28 a n 46 CATALINA 5TH 32-34 W 36 C 12TH PARK 6TH 25 Old Adobe Patio/C.O. Brown House a HARRISON TUCSON r s KOLB h CONGRESS ST. u WILMOT 35 ST MARYS z KOLB PANTANO FREEMAN DREXEL ANKLAM HARRISON GATES PASS HOUGHTON R BROADWAY CAMINO SECO 26 Marist College i 21 BROADWAY BLVD. 27 v For sites 22 - 41, e MIDVALE PARK MIDVALE BENSON 20 24 25 r see downtown KENYON OL P CONGRESS 27 Julian-Drew Building a D . CAMPBELL 10 16 inset E r VERDE PALO S 26 CARDINAL k P 22 V A A CLUB COUNTRY 18 17 NISH k 12 VALENCIA TR r CRAYCROFT A 28 Rialto Theater & Building A VALENCIA GREASEWOOD IL 22ND a D 19 Harrison Greenway 15 A P N P r A STARR PASS a e R n 29 Hotel Congress G Tucson 29TH t v VALENCIA a 29TH 29TH i 23 SILVERLAKE 29TH 29TH n R Convention o R 30 Southern Pacific Passenger Depot z D A HOUGHTON SOUTH iv Center O e u R TUCSON 36TH GOLF LINKS r r A T I 13 P C OTT AVE. OTT a R r 31 Arizona Hotel 14TH ST. k a MISSION 14 C t USHING ST. 11 n Julian Wash 32 J.C. Penney-Chicago Store a S PANTANO KINO KINNEY PRUDENCE SELLAROLE ESCALANTE 15TH ST. AJO 9 AJO ESCALANTE 9274 112219 DB CAMINO SECO IRVINGTON IRVINGTON IRVINGTON S a Ju n li t a a n CATALINA W C 12TH PARK a HARRISON TUCSON r sh u z DREXEL KOLB R i v e MIDVALE PARK MIDVALE BENSON r P a CAMPBELL 10 r VERDE PALO CARDINAL k VALENCIA 12 CLUB COUNTRY VALENCIA Harrison Greenway VALENCIA D OA HOUGHTON R A T I R 11 Julian Wash 9 For more information on these sites and Click on the Maps tab at pima.gov/theLoop for: additional historic districts, visit: • Loop Art Map • Loop Pathway System Map • Tucson Metro Bike Map pima.gov/LoopHistory • Downtown Murals Map • Loop Interactive Map Tumamoc Hill • Santa Cruz River Pima County Courthouse • Santa Cruz River Los Morteros • Santa Cruz River Pima Air and Space Museum • Julian Wash Tumamoc Hill or Chemamagi Do’ag, a Tohono O’odham place name meaning Hill of the Built in 1929 by prominent local architect Roy Place, the iconic Pima County Courthouse is Named for its bedrock mortars, where mesquite was once milled by the ancestors of pres- In 1966, while celebrating the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, members of what is Horned Lizard, has attracted humans for over 2,000 years. Since the early 1900s, this area perhaps the most outstanding Spanish Colonial Revival building in Arizona and features a ent-day Native American Tribes, Los Morteros was settled near reliable water over 1,000 now the 309th Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group lamented the loss of America’s has been recognized for its value related to science, art and invention. In 1903, the Desert brilliantly colored tile mosaic on the roof of the central dome. The 1929 Courthouse replaced years ago.
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