Fimbres House No. 2, 521-525 South Meyer Avenue, Tucson

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This Late Transitional adobe house is one of two detached dwellings found on this "block of South Meyer Avenue. It reveals its Anglo influences through its setback alignment and its hipped roof, and it also demonstrates the remodeling practices typical of the Barrio. Converted from a single- family residence to a duplex, and back to a single-family residence, it now has two front doors, although one is no longer nsed. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical Information: 1. Date of erection: 2- Architect: None known. 3- Original and subsequent owners: See chain of title below. Part of Lot 3, Block parcels 18 and 19. Judgement, December 8, recorded in Volume hk, page 6lJ Heirs of Samuel McClatchy to F. Fimbres.

Deed, September 23, recorded in Volume 17U, page Feliciano Fimbres to Julia de Fimbres, his wife. Deed, April 20, recorded in Volume page Estate of Julia de Fimbres to Gregorio Fimbres. Deed, April 9, recorded in Volume page Gregorio Fimbres to Julia F. Sanchez. t U. Builder: Feliciano Fimbres. FIMBRES HOUSE #2 SOUTH MEIER AVENUE HABS Ho- AZ-73-18 (Page 2) 5. Alterations and additions: This residence was converted from a single family dwelling to a duplex "between and A fire destroyed a portion of the rear of the house in This area is being rebuilt to house a kitchen and bathroom B. Historical Events and Persons Connected with the Structure: The name Fimbres has been associated with this section of S. Meyer Avenue since when the City Directory lists a Santos Fimbres.

Felieiano Fimbres (probably related to Santos) and his wife, Julia, built this dwelling in approximately next door to the house they had built several years previously, at S. Meyer Avenue. Fimbres, a laborer and wagon driver, had seven children. Julia Fimbres, a daugh- ter, married Jesus Sanchez, a Southern Pacific Railroad employee. They occupied this house until their deaths in and Evangelina, the daughter of Jesus and Julia Sanchez, was born in this house and still occupies it with her family and her brother. PART II, ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural characters Originally a typical double row house with shot-gun plans, this hipped-roof building serves as*-a single family unit.today. 2.

Condition of fabric: This residence is currently undergoing rehab- ilitation; the building is sound. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: The building measures 30* north-to-south along its west front facade, and U2'-10" west-to-east along its sides. Included in the latter dimension is a 12'-2"-deep addition, the full width of the house. 2. Foundations: Inaccessible. Ho foundation may exist and there is a concrete parging on the outside surface. 3. Wall construction, finish and color: The I'-lV thick walls are of adobe mud construction, stuccoed and painted green. There are patches of unpainted cement stucco. The south wall of the exterior is not stuccoed. k. Structural system, framing: The adobe bearing walls support standard ceiling joists and lightweight roof framing. 5.

Chimneys: $one. t as FIMBRES HOUSE #2 SOUTH MEYER AVEKUE HABS No. AZ-73-18 (Page 3) 6. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: There are two entrance doorways on the west facade of the "building. [See Significance.) There are no doors in the door openings on the east rear. b. Windows: There are two windows on the vest front, two on the south and none on the north side. All windows are of wood double-hung sash with one-over-one lights. Window- openings on the east rear are empty. 7. Roof: a. Shape, covering: The hip roof has a ridge extending east/vest and terminated by gablets. The surface is gray rolled asphalt. The original wood shingle roof is below the surface. b. Cornice, eaves: The rafter ends extend beyond the wall sur- face and are exposed. C. Description of Interior: 1.

Floor plan: The building has a simple foursquare plan with a two- room addition to the east or rear. The main block of the building is divided into four equal quadrants. Originally the north and south sides of the building were separate units, but a doorway was cut in the wall between them later on. 2. Flooring: All floors are of poured concrete slabs. 3. Wall and ceiling finish: Walls are of plaster on adobe. There are some frame partitions with fly wall. Ceilings are of 2Tx k< wall-board panels with 2" battens. Ceilings of the addition are of exposed 2" x V rafter with random width sheathing. k. Openings: Interior openings have no doors. They all have plastered jambs. 5. Equipment: a. Electricity: Electrical service to the house. b. Plumbing: New plumbing has been added c.

Heating: There is no heating system. FIMBRES HOUSE #2 SOUTH MEYER AVENUE HABS No. AZ-T3-18 (Page h) D. Site: 1. General setting and orientation: The house is situated on the east side of South Meyer Avenue , set hack from the property line about 7' ( U* from the street). There is a 12* wide drive on the north side and a narrow (tapering from 3* to 5') areavay between this structure and its neighbor to the south. 2. Enclosures and planting: The rear yard is defined by a deteriorated wood and corrugated metal fence. There is no planting. Prepared by: Prof. Robert C. Giebner Project Supervisor Professor of Architecture University of Arizona July PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Building Slip, Pima County Assessor's Office.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, Tract Books, Pioneer Title Insurance Company (Recorder's records, microfilm). Tucson City Directories, Oral Interviews: Evangelina Sanchez Cota, 525 S. Meyer Avenue Felix Fimbres, k62 E. Street Eliazar Herreras, E. Waverly 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 (BAER) 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- ft 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, Photo- grapher, Roswell, New Mexico. Editing and final preparation of the documentation . was carried out in I98I in the HABS Washington Office by William Joseph Graham Architect, and Lucy Pope Wheeler, Writer/stitor, of the HABS prSfeSfcSal staff.