Garcia House, 496-498 South Convent Avenue, Tucson

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I196-U98 S. Convent Ave. , Tucson, \Jiraa. County, Arizona USGS Tucson Quadrangle, Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates: Present Owners: David E. and Amber Joy Jacome Pearry L. and Evelyn J. Green Present Occupants: David E. and Amber Joy Jacome Jacome & Company;, Advertising Design Concepts & Production.

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This flush-fronted Early Transitional adobe building is a contributing structure, along with its adjacent neigh- bors, to the S. Convent Ave. streetscape. Built in as a duplex by the family vho lived in the house until and owned it until it is now the only commer- cial building on this section of Convent Avenue. The hipped roof with gablets reveals the Anglo influence in the home's construction. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See chain of title below. Part of Lot 5, Block parcel 28. Deed, February 21, recorded in Volume page Julia Zeckendorf to Albert Steinfeld. Deed, March lit, recorded in Volume 53, page Albert and Bettina Steinfeld to Trinidad V. de Garcia.

Deed, September 19, 19^ ; recorded in Volume page Trinidad V. Garcia to C-enaro V. Garcia. 19UT Deed, September 3, record in Volume 12, puf/e Estate of Trinidad Garcia to Gorifc.ro V. Garcia. Deed, February 22, record in Volume h 92, page Estate of Genaro V. Garcia to P. M- Garcia. GARCIA HOUSE, U96-U96 SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE HABS No. AZ-T3-19 (Page 2) Deed, January 22, recorded in Volume A687> page D. M. Garcia to E. J. Abodeely. Deed, October 9, recorded in Volume page Bertoglio to Jacome. h. Builder: Pedro Garcia. 5* Alterations and additions: This structure was built originally as two apartments and half of it occupied by the family who owned it. The only addition was a frame porch to the rear between a and There were no outbuildings associated with the residence. B.

Historical Events and Persons Connected with the Structure: Pedro Garcia, a barber, built this structure as a duplex in He died in but the family occupied the residence until A daughter, Adelina Garcfa Flores, is one of the few persons still liv- ing in the Barrio who was born and raised there. The Garcia family was related to several other families who lived along Convent Avenue during the early the Tapias, Tallmadges, Bojorquezes, and Mar- tinezes. The Garcias retained ownership of the house until and rented it to a succession of laborers. The longest tenants were the Yanez and Yslas families, Southern Pacific Railroad employees, who lived there from to Yslas was a distant relative of the Garcias.

David Jacome and his wife purchased the dwelling in and are now running an advertising business from the residence. Jacome is a descendant of a well-known pioneer family who started Jacome's Department Store, one of the first and largest department stores in Tucson. Prepared by: Ann E. Huston Project Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian, Historic American Buildings Survey September 19SO PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural character: This building is an example of the double row house of the Early Transitional Period of Tucson architecture. It is a flush-fronted adobe structure wtih a hip roof which evolved from a simple two-room-deep building to a building with a shot-gun plan. GARCIA HOUSE, SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE HABS Ho.

AZ-73-19 CPage 3) 2. Condition of fabric: The "building is in very good condition. The side has 'been rehabilitated; will he rehabilitated in the near future. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: The "building measures approximately 35' north-to-south on its east facade and approximately " east-to-vest in depth. It abuts another building on its north side. 2. Foundations: Inaccessible; concrete. 3- Wall construction, finish and color: The exterior vails are of adobe (1f 5" or thick), covered with heavily textured stucco, painted white. Additions to the west rear are con- structed with timber framing. h. Structural system, framing: The mud adobe bearing vails support a standard ceiling and roof-framing system. 5.

Chimneys: There is a chimney on the south wall of exposed brick. It measures 'lVbricks by 2h bricks. 6. Openings: a- Doorways and doors: The entrance doorway to is more significant than that to The former doorway contains a door topped \>y a transom. The door is new, being a flush door. There is a screen door also. The doorway is framed with a flat board molding, but the head has a slight pediment effect. The doorway to has no trim and no transom. It contains a door having a glass panel over three wood panels. The rear door of has an aluminum double-hung window in a wood door. The rear doorway of contains a five hori- zontal panel door. b. Windows: The east facade window to contains a one-over- one lights double-hung wood sash.

The east facade window to contains a one over two-light double-hung wood sash. The south facade of contains a series of double-hung sash windows. The easternmost window (opening into the sec- ond room)has an unweighted double-hung sash window. Other windows on the south facade contain -unweighted double-hung sash with six-over-six lights. The north facade contains a boarded-up window. This former opening faces onto the narrow passage between this and the adjacent building. GARCIA HOUSE, I4.96-U9S SOUTH COIWENT AVENUE HABS No. AZ-T3-19 (Page k) 7. Roof: a. Shape, covering: The double row house has a hip roof with gablets. The ridge of the hip rums north and south. It is covered with rolled asphalt roofing. There is a shed roof addition to the vest. b.

Cornice, eaves: The rafter ends are exposed at the eave"s. 8. Other features: There is a skylight on the west slope of the hip roof. It has a long light channel which carries light into the living room of C. Description of Interior: 1. Floor plans: Both units have shot-gun plans, four .rooms deep, plus a shed addition. In depth sequence, ^96 contains an office, the living room, the kitchen, and the "bedroom. The shed addition contains a bathroom and porch, while #U98 contains a living room, two bedrooms, the kitchen and the bathroom and utility room in the addition. 2. Stairways: In there is a 7" step down between the office and living room, and a 5 V step down between the living room and the kitchen. There is a 6" step down to the outside rear porch.

In there is a 5 V1 step down from the living room to the first bedroom, and a 3V step down between the two bedrooms. There are steps down to the back yard. 3. Flooring: In there are concrete slab floors in all rooms except the living room. The living room has 3V tongue-and- groove fir boards. In A98 there are wood floors covered with sheet vinyl in the living room and the two bedrooms. The kitchen has a concrete floor covered with the same vinyl flooring. The addition has a concrete slab floor. h. Wall and ceiling finishes: The walls of both #U96 and are adobe covered with plaster. The ceiling of is of wood lath and plaster in the office. The living room is of M x 81 wallboard panels with 3" battens. The remainder of the unit has sheetrock ceilings.

The ceilin^of are of sheetrock with the exception of the living room which is of wood lath end plaster. GARCIA HOUSE, SOUTH COKVENT AVENUE HABS No. AZ-T3-19 (Page 5) 5 Openings: a. Doorways and doors: In #i+96 the doorways are without doors with the exception of the bathroom. That door is a modern hollow-core door. The doorways are finished with flat board trim varrying from 3V to 5V. In the doorways do not contain doors, with the exception again of the bathroom. Trim on the doorways varies from 3V to 5". b. Former windows: Former window openings are found in the walls between the office and living room and the living room and kitchen.

They are now serving as bookcases for In A98 a former window opening is found in the wall between the two bedrooms> indicating that this was formerly an exterior wall. 6. Decorative features and trim: In the office of there is a picture rail above the floor. The picture rail of #U98 is above the floor. The living room of and-that of have 1" x 5" baseboards. 7. Hardware: Standard. 8. Equipment: 1. Electricity: Standard. 2. Blumbing: Standard. 3. Heating: There is no heating system, except in where there is a fireplace of white painted brick on the south wall of the living room- The firebox has an arched opening; there is a corbelled mantel. The chimney mass breaks the wall sur- face over the mantel. The hearth is of concrete. A gas heater is connected to the fireplace. D. Site: 1.

General setting and orientation: This building Is a flush-fronted adobes set at the east property line (the sidewalk) and extending from the north to the south property lines. It is situated on the west side of South Convent Avenue. 2. Landscaping and Enclosures: The rear yard is defined with a corru- gated metal and wood fence. It contains two Chinaberry trees (Melia azedarach), two pomegranate trees (Punica granatum) and one mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). There is also a vegetable garden. Portions of the rear yard are undeveloped. GARCIA HOUSE, Ai98 SCUTE CONVENT AVENUE EABS No. AZ-T3-19 (Page 6) Prepared 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 National. Title Insurance Company (Microfilm, Recorder's Tucson City Directories: records). Oral Interviews: Adelina Garcia Flores, 56 W. Kennedy St. David and Joy Jacome, S. Convent Ave. PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION This project was undertaken "by the Historic American Buildings Survey (BABS) 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 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, Photo- grapher, Rosvell, 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, of the HABS professional staff. ADDENDUM TO HABS No. AZ-73-19

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