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5 Tucson with more than 300 earthenware VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
figurines, on display from
Arizona’s second-largest city after Phoenix, Tucson has a November to March. The J. Knox Practical Information
friendly, welcoming atmosphere and a variety of interest ing Corbett House, built in 1907, Road map C5. * 524,300. n
attractions to enter tain the increasing number of visitors has Arts and Crafts Movement Metropolitan Tucson Convention
& Visitors Bureau, 100 S. Church
it receives each year. The city is located on the northern pieces such as a Morris chair. Ave. (520) 624-1817; (800) 638-
Both guided and self-guided
bound ary of the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona, in walking tours of this district are 8350. _ La Fiesta de los Vaqueros
a basin surrounded by five mountain ranges. available from the Tucson (late Feb). ∑ visittucson.org
When the Spanish colonizers arrived in the early Museum of Art. Transport
18th century they were determined to seize land from the k Tucson International, 10 miles
local Tohono O’odham and Pima native tribes, who put up E Pima County Courthouse (16 km) south of downtown.
£ Amtrak Station, 400 E. Toole
115 N. Church Ave.
strong resistance (see p44). This led the Spanish to move The Courthouse’s pretty tiled Ave. @ Greyhound Lines,
their regional fortress, or presidio, from Tubac to Tucson in dome is a downtown landmark. One of many 19th-century adobe houses in the Barrio Historic District 471 W. Congress.
the 1770s. The city was officially founded by Irish explorer It was built in 1927, replacing
Hugh O’Connor in 1775. Tucson’s pride in its history is its predecessor, a one-story P Barrio Historic District E The University of Arizona Museum of Art is the Center
reflected in the careful preservation of 19th-century adobe building dating from This area was Tucson’s main Visitors’ Center, 811 N. Euclid Ave. for Creative Photography,
Tel (520) 621-5130. Open 9am–5pm
downtown buildings in the Barrio Historic District. 1869. The position of the business district in the late which contains the work of
original presidio wall is marked 19th century. Today, its streets Mon–Fri. ∑ arizona.edu many of the 20th century’s
out in the courtyard, and a are quiet and lined with Several museums are located greatest American photo-
section of the wall, 3-ft- (1-m-) attractive original adobe houses on or near the UA campus, graphers. Visitors can view the
thick and 12-ft- (4-m-) high, can painted in bright colors. On about a mile (1.6 km) east of extensive archives by advance
still be seen inside the building. nearby Main Street is the down-town. The Arizona reservations. The Flandrau
“wishing shrine” of El Tiradito, Historical Society Museum Science Center features a
P El Presidio Historic District which marks the spot where traces Arizona’s history from range of child-friendly
The El Presidio Historic District a young man was killed as a the arrival of the Spanish in interactive exhibits.
occupies the area where the result of a lovers’ triangle. Local 1540, to modern times. The One of the most renowned
original Spanish fortress (presidio), people light candles here for University of Arizona Museum collections of artifacts, covering
San Agustin del Tucson, was built his soul and they still believe of Art focuses on European 2,000 years of native history,
in 1775. More than 70 of the that if their candles burn for a and American fine art from is displayed by the Arizona
houses here were constructed whole night, their wishes will the Renaissance to contem- State Museum, which was
during the Territorial period, come true. porary pieces. Opposite the founded in 1893.
before Arizona became a state
in 1912. Today, these historic
buildings are largely occupied Downtown Tucson
The Old Pima County Courthouse in Tucson by shops, restaurants, and offices, 1 Tucson Museum of Art and S I X T H S T R E E T
although archaeological Historic Block
Exploring Tucson on the Historic Block, which also excavations in the area have FRANKLIN STREET SIXTH AVE ARIZONA AVE University of
Arizona
Tucson’s major art galleries and contains five of the Presidio’s found artifacts from much earlier 2 Pima County Courthouse S T O N E A V E N U E
museums are clustered around oldest dwellings – all of which residents, the Hohokam people. 3 El Presidio Historic District MAIN AVENUE MEYER AVENUE COURT AVENUE CHURCH AVE SEVENTH STREET HERBERT AVENUE
two central areas: the University are at least a hundred years old. 4 St. Augustine Cathedral COUNCIL STREET FIFTH AVENUE
of Arizona campus (lying These historic buildings form R St. Augustine Cathedral 5 Barrio Historic District Tucson Museum of Art Casa Cordova FOURTH AVENUE
and Historic Block
between Speedway Blvd., E. Sixth part of the art museum and 192 S. Stone Ave. Tel (520) 623-6351. EIGHTH STREET
Street, and Park and Campbell house some of its extensive Open services & tours only; call for times. ALAMEDA STREET Pima County
avenues) and the downtown collection. The museum’s sculp- ∑ cathedral-staugustine.org Courthouse
area, which includes the Barrio ture gardens and courtyards St. Augustine Cathedral was El Presidio PENNINGTON STREET T O O L E AV E N U E Amtrak
station
and El Presidio historic districts. also form part of the begun in 1896 Historic District
The latter contains many of the Historic Block complex. and modeled after CONGRESS STREET
city’s oldest buildings and is The art museum the Spanish Colonial ARIZONA AVENUE Greyhound
best explored on foot, as is the displays contemporary style of the Cathedral GRANADA AVENUE B R OADWAY BOULEVARD station
JACKSON STREET
Barrio Historic District, south of and 20th-century of Querétaro in
Cushing Street. European and American central Mexico. OCHOA STREET SCOTT AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE
works. The museum This gleaming white CHURCH AVENUE St. Augustine 12TH STREET HERBERT AVENUE
E Tucson Museum of Art has its collection of building features an Cathedral
and Historic Block Pre-Columbian imposing sandstone SIXTH AVENUE Armory
Park
140 N. Main Ave. Tel (520) 624-2333. artifacts, some of Stained-glass window in façade with intricate Tiradito El 13TH STREET FOURTH AVENUE
Open 10am–5pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, which are 2,000 years the cathedral carvings of the yucca, C U S H I N G S T R E E T S T O N E A V E N U E
10am–8pm first Thu of the month, old, displayed in the the saguaro, and the 0 meters 100 Barrio
noon–5pm Sun. & (free after second floor gallery. There is the horned toad – three symbols of Historic District SIMPSON ST 1 4 T H S T R E E T
5pm first Thu of month). 7 8 Spanish Colonial collection with the Sonoran Desert – while a 0 yards 100 MAIN AVE
∑ tucsonmuseumofart.org MEYER AVE
stunning pieces of religious art. bronze statue of St. Augustine, KENNEDY STREET 15TH STREET
The Tucson Museum of Art The 1850s Casa Cordova houses the city’s patron saint, stands Tucson
opened in 1975 and is located El Nacimiento, a Nativity scene above the main door. International Airport
13 km (8 miles)
For hotels and restaurants see pp237–8 and pp249–51 For keys to symbols see back flap
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