520-526 South Meyer Avenue (Apartments), Tucson

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These adobe apartments, though situated on the same parcel of property, are actually two separate but adjoining struc- tures, each housing two dwellings. The structure to the south is a flat roofed Sonoran building -with a brick coping, "while the adjoining building is a.shed-roofed, irregularly shaped structure. The row of flush-fronted apartments con- tinues the of long apartment blocks extending north up S. Meyer Avenue, -while the shed roof breaks the contin- uous line of parallel rooflines. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See chain-of title belov. Block 2U2S Lot 18- Deed, July 2k, recorded in Volume 31, page C. P. Schumacher to Pedro Martinez.

Deed, May 1, recorded in Volume 32, page Treasurer and Tax Collector to Lewis G. Davis. - Deed, January 13, recorded in Volume 3U9 page L. G. Davis to Pedro Martinez. 9 SOUTH MEYER AVENUE HABS No. AZ-73-34 (Page 2) Deed, August 12, recorded in Volume 67, page Estate of Pedro Martinez to Concepcion Martinez. Deed, October 10, recorded in Volume page Concepcion Martinez to Francisco A. Martinez. Deed, June 3, recorded in Volume page Francisco A. Martinez- to Andres Herreras. Deed, July 9, recorded in Volume page Francisco A. Martinez to Andres Herreras. Deed, December k, recorded in Volume page Andres and Margarita Herreras to BSrnabe Robles. Deed, May 25, recorded in Volume page Margarita C. Herreras vs. Andres M. Herreras. Deed, August 2, recorded in Volume page Bernabe S.

Robles et al to Fernando A. Robles. Deed, June 2, recorded in Volume page Bernabe S. Robles et al to Joaquina R. Kengla. h. Builder: Manuel and Pedro Martinez, it is thought. 5. Alterations and additions: Of the two structures, the shed-roofed building was probably built first. Because of their dissimilar sises and shapes it is unlikely that the two buildings were con- structed together. Neither has undergone significant exterior modifications since they were "built. B. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: Pedro and Manuel Martinez, both tinsmiths, and Francisco Martinez , a car- penter > are the probable builders of these dwellings.

The Martinez family is associated with this property^both through ownership and occupancy rec- ords from Pedro Martinez and his wife, Concepci6n, had a daugh- ter, Julia, who married Feliciano Fimbres. Fimbres and his wife lived in the apartments next door S. Meyer), before building their residence across the street, at 509 S. Meyer Ave. The property next passed to the Herreras family, who owned property to the south of the block, and ten years later fell into the hands of Bernabe Robles. A number of short- term, Spanish-surnamed, working-class tenants have occupied these apart- ments since PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION (See Significance, above, and Barrio Libre' (Barrio Historico) (KABS No. AZ-73) for site plan and historical background essay) * & :- SOUTH MEYER AVENUE HABS No.

AZ-73-31* (Page 3) PAH? III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, Tract Books, Pioneer National Title Insurance Company (Microfilm, Recorder's records) Tucson City Directories, Oral Interviews: Felix Fimhres, k62 E. Street. Prepared by: Ann E. Huston Project. Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian Historic American Buildings Survey September FART 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 (NAEK) 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 MAER, 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, Roswellj 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. 0