Aros House, 145 West Kennedy Street, Tucson

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This adobe house has been altered from its original Sonoran plan to coincide more closely with later Anglo design stan- dards. The structure has the traditional Sonoran sloping roof, but has been structurally modified in the front to form an L with an attached front porch.. The house is set flush with the street, but is not contiguous to any other structures. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: r 1. Date of erection: ""~ 2. Architect: none known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See chain of title below: Block Lot 5, arb. 27. Deed, March. 18, recorded in Volume 32, page 4. Aros et al to Brigida H. de Xerrazas. Deed, May 25, recorded in Volume 67, page Guadalupe Terrazas to Antonio Terrazas (south west) .

Deed, May recorded in Volume 67, page Guadalupe Terrazas to Angelita Bernal (south east). Deed, October 16, recorded in Volume 96, page 34. Angela C. de Aros to Jose M. Arcs. Deed, September 26, recorded in Volume page 48, Antonio Terrazas to Mary P. Calles (south west). Deed, October 1, recorded in Volume page 67. Mary F. Calles to Jose Maria Aros (south west) . -AROS HOUSE, 145 W KENNED"? ST* HABS No. AZ-73-2 (Page 2) Deed, September 30, recorded in Volume page Angelita Bernal to Guadalupe Terrazas (south east). Deed, September 30, recorded in Volume page 149 Guadalupe Terrazas to Jose Maria Aros (south east). Deed, April 25, recorded in Volume page M. King to R. C. Aros.. Deed, April 21, recorded in Volume page Lopez to Dalton et al.

Deed, December 16, recorded in Volume page Estate of Guadalupe A. Lopez to.Artemisia Dalton. 4. Builder: Probably a member of the Aroz family. 5. Alterations and additions.: A frame porch was extended over the L in the front of the house in During the the house was divided into two apartments. K. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: The builder of this house was probably a member of the Aros family who lived on S. Convent Avenue between W. Simpson and W. Kennedy'Streets. Ownership of the property alternated between the Aros and Terrazas families, who were related by marriage, until the The Terra2as lived next door, on the northwest corner of S. Convent Avenue and W. Kennedy Street. Mary Aros Bonn and her husband, Sylvester, were the first occupants of the house.

Sylvester Bonn was the proprietor of a butcher shop at 270 S. Meyer Avenue. Bonn died before and his wife Mary remained in the house until the with Charles and Eulalia Bonn (probably children). Three or four different families occupied the home until From until the Gada- lupe Lopez resided at this dwelling. PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION [For architectural information see Significance-, Section B above; and page 9, of the historical essay for Barrio Libre (Barrio Historico) AZ-73.] PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Tract Books, Pioneer National Title Insurance Company.(Microfilm, Recorder's Tucson City Directories, Eeccrds. ) Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, Oral Interview: Adelina Garcia: 56 W. Kennedy St. AROS HOUSE, KENNEDY ST. HABS No.

AZ-73-2 G>age 31 Prepared by: Ann Huston Project Historian Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian Historic American Buildings Survey September PART XV. PROJECT INFORMATION This project was undertaken by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation ServiceTs National Architectural and Engineering Record (NAER) in cooperation with the Tucson Barrio Association, Inc. Funds for the project were provided by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and the Arizona State Office of Economic Planning and Development. Under the direction of Robert Kapsch, Chief of NAER, John Poppeliers, Chief of HABS, and Kenneth L.

Anderson, Principal Architect, the project was completed during the summer of at the HABS field office in Tucson, Arizona, by Robert C. Giebner, Project Supervisor (Professor of Architecture, University of Arizona); William Joseph Graham, Project Foreman (University of Maryland); Ann E. Huston, Project Historian (California State University, Sacramento); Maureen L. Gerhold, Assistant Historian (Pennsylvania State University); Student Architects Scott Marshall Dolph (University of Arizona); Carol Jean lemon (Washington State Uni- versity) ; and Harrison Adam Sutphin (Virginia Tech); and Comprehensive..Employ- ^^ ment and Training Act (CETA) Summer Youth Employment Program Interns: .Maria Arriola ^P (Tucson High School); Ernest Cota; Lupita Lopez CTucson High School); and Anna Trinidad.

Photographic records were made for HABS by David J. Kaminsky, Photographe: Roswell, Hew Mexico. Editing and final preparation of the documentation was car- ried out in in the HABS Washington Office by William Joseph Graham, Archi- tect, and Lucy Pope Wheeler, Writer/Editor, of the HABS professional staff. if