519-527 South Convent Avenue (Apartments), Tucson

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South. Convent Avenue, Tucson, Pima; County, Arizona. USGS Tucson Quadrangle , Universal Transverse .^ Mercator Coortinates: Present Owners: Maria Luisa Daily, Maria Fierro, and Angelita Valencia 212 #. Tucson, Arizona Present Occupants: Vacant Rosa Soto s Juana Orge-ga Vacant - Cipriano Comacho

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This row of five apartments, built in is the latest structure on this section of South Convent Ayenue. Built of adobe in a Mission Revival style, the sculptured parapet is similar to that of the house facing it, at South Convent Avenue. Betveen a large vacant lot and.a^former church building, this long row of apartments is a dominant feature of the Convent Avenue streetscape. (See also AZ-73-^9) PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: approximately 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See . See chain of title below. Block Lot 13, arb. 35 and 27. Deed, October 12, recorded in Volume hi, page Miguel T. Carrillo et ux to Jesus Montano. Deed, September 12, recorded in Volume page Estate of Jesus V. Montano.

Deed, June 11, recorded in Volume page Metz. Investment and Finance Company vs. Julian A. Mont ano et al. SOUTH CONTEST AVENUE HABS No. AZ-73-1G (Page 2) Deed, February 29, 19I+O, recorded in Volume County Treasurer and Tax Collector to the State of Arizona. Deed, March 8, recorded in Volume page Metz Investment and Finance Company to M. A. and Luisa Montafio. -v Deed, April 29, recorded in Volume page U93- Estate of Manuel A. Montafio to Angelita Montano Valencia et al. Deed, May 2, recorded in Volume page Valencia to J. Montafio. -r- Deed, May 2, recorded in Volume page J. Montafio to A. Montano. Deed, October 1, recorded in Volume page M/ L/ Montafio to A. Montafio. U. Builder: Manuel (Cruz) Montane*.

5- Alterations and additions: This row of five apartments-appears to have undergone no additions or alterations since its construction. E. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: This building -was originally constructed as a block of apartments and lias always been owned by the Montano family, although they never occu- pied the apartments. Jesus Montafio, the patriarch of the family, came to Tucson from Sonora, Mexico, in and died at his home at 136 W. Street in His son, Manuel, and his wife, Maria Luisa, oper- ated a grocery store at the corner of W. Kennedy Street and S- Convent Avenue during the and were responsible for the construction of these apartments.

Their three daughters are the current owners of the dwellings which have been rented to a number of working-class tenants since their construction. PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION (See significance, above, and Barrio Libre (Barrio Historico) (HABS No. AZ-73) for site plan and historical background essay.) PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Arizona Historical Society clipbooks (Jesus Montano, Manuel C, Montano, Maria Luisa Montafio). Building slip, Pima County Assessor's Office. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, I91H, Tract Books, Pioneer National Title Insurance Company (Recorder's Records, Tucson City Directories, Microfilm) SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE HABS No. AZ-73-10 [Page 3) Oral Interviews: Adelina Flores, 56 W. Kennedy St. Tucson, Arizona. Eliazar Herreras, E. Waverly, Tucson, Arizona.

Prepared Ann E. Huston ^ Project Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian Historic American Buildings Survey September PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION This project- was undertaken "by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service's 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 I98O 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 (Tucson High School); Ernest Cota; Lupita Lopez (Tucson High School); and Anna Trinidad. Photographic records were made for HABS by David J. Kaminsky, Photog- rapher, Roswell, New Mexico.

Editing and final preparation of the documentation was carried out in in the HABS Washington Office by William Joseph Graham, Architect, and Lucy Pope Wheeler, Writer/Editor, of the HABS professional staff. ADDENDUM TO HABS No. AZ-73-10 SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE (APARTMENTS) Barrio Libre (Barrio Historico) South Convent Avenue Tucson Stfri Pima County , ^/ Arizona /O "~TUCSQ /. XEROGRAPHIC COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington,