441-447 South Convent Avenue (House), Tucson

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Residential; apartments. Signific;ance: This Early Transitional adobe apartment row house, with its flush front and low-pitched corrugated metal roof is the first in a sequence of similar "buildings situated contiguously along the east side of South Convent Avenue. Still in use as it was originally built as three apart- ment dwellings this structure contributes to the planar qualities of the South Convent Avenue streetscape. PART I. HISTORICAL IDFP0RMATI0N A. Physical History:- 1. Date of erection: pre-1897. 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See attached chain of title belov. Block Lot k. Deed, July 26, recorded in Volume 3k, page 97- City of Tucson to Manuel Altamirano. Deed, July 25, recorded in Volume page 98. Leandro Feliz et al to Pablo Robles.

Deed, July 26, recorded in Volume page 99. Felicita Altamirano de Ortiz to Pablo Robles. - Deed, September It, recorded in Volume 33, page t Pablo Robles to Maria de Bojorquez. Deed, July 6, 191U , recorded in Volume 59, page Maria A. de Bojorcuez to Juan Bojorquez. S. COHVENT AVE. EABS Ho. AZ-73-7 (Page 2) Deed, December 13, recorded in Volume 87, page Estate of Juan Boj8rquez to Juan Boj6rquez, Jr. Deed, October 1, recorded in Volume page Juan BojSrquez to Salome B. Zimmerman. Deed, September 8, recorded in Volume page Estate of Salome Zimmerman to Charles E. Phininsy, Trustees. Deed, January 28, recorded in Volume page Josephine Barnhart, Trustee to Homer Phininzy et al. Deed, May 6, recorded in Volume page 59. Homer Phininzy et al to Josephine Barnhart.

Deed, April 21, recorded in Volume Page 21. Josephine Barnhart to C. E. Stillwell. h. Builder: Unknown. 5. Alterations and additions: These three apartments appear to have undergone no significant alterations or additions since their construction. B. Historical Persons and Events Connected vith the StructureC': The property on which these apartments are located was owned "by three long-time residents of the Barrio Libre. The Bojorquez family, related to several other S. Convent Avenue families, obtained ownership of the apartments in Salome Zimmerman next owned the property. Her jusband, John, vas a Tucson constable, and upon his death, Salome resided at 78 W. Kennedy Street. Josephine Barnhart, the present owner, also resides at 78 W. Kennedy Street.

Zimmerman and Barnhart owned all of the property at the corner of S. Convent Avenue and W. Kennedy Street, which included these apartments, a grocery store since-demolished, a duplex, and the house at 78 W. Kennedy Street. The apartments have been occupied by a number of short-term tenants mainly laborers, miners, and Southern Pacific Railroad employees. Some of them, such as Frank Rivera and Cruz Montano, eventually acquired property along S. Convent Avenue. For background essay see Barrio Libre (AZ-73). PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION A.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, Tract Books, Pioneer National Title Insurance Co. (Microfilza, Recorder's Records) Tucson City Directories, S. CONVENT AVE. HABS No. AZ-T3-T (Page -3) Building slips, Pima County Assessor's Office. Arizona Historical Society clipbooks (Salome Zimmerman) C. Oral Interviews: Josephine5 Barnhart, 78 W. Kennedy Street. Adelina Flores, % W. Kennedy Street. > PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION This project vas undertaken "by the Historic American Buildings Survey (EABS) of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service's National Architectural and Engineering Record (HAER) 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 J. 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) r*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 Xouth Employment Program Interns: Maria Arriola (Tucson High School); Ernest Cota; Lupita Lopez (Tucson High School); and and Anna Trinidad. Photographic records were made for HABS by David J. Kaminsky, Photographer, Roswell, New Mexico. Editing and final preparation of the docu- mentation was carried out in in the Washington Office by William Joseph Graham, Architect, and Lucy Pope Wheeler, Writer/Editor, of the HABS professional staff.