558-564 South Meyer Avenue (Apartments), Tucson

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.This flat-roofed Sonoran adobe apartment block blends into the South Meyer Avenue streetscape of long, low apartment rows, although it is not contiguous to any of the other structures. The flush-fronted building has. been recently restuccoed and repained, with a decorative mural added to the north wall. The brick coping around the front and the side parapets is an element not found elsewhere-'along this section of South Meyer Avenue. # PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: probably. 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See chain of title below.. Block Lot 17. Deed, September 10, recorded in Volume 31, page 570 Charles F. Schumacher to Patrick E. Reeng.

Deed, December 13, 19 ^, recorded in Volume 36, page Ben and Mattie Morgan to F. K. Miller. Deed, July 1, recorded in Volume kj, page F. K. Miller to Annie Loomis Miller. Deed, July 7, recorded in Volume i+T, page Annie L. Miller to E. T. Jones. t 558-56U SOUTH MEYER AVEZ7UE EABS Ho. AZ-73-35 O'age 2) Deed, July 22, s recorded in Volume 51, page 37I;. E. T. and Jennie Jones to M. W. Jones. Deed, November IT? recorded in Volume 52, page 26. Estate of Patrick Reeng to M. W. Jones. Deed, June 12, recorded in Volume 52, page 3i6. Board of Supervisors to M. V. Jones. Deed, June 12, recorded in Volume 53, page M. W. and Laura A. Jones to Bernabe Robles. 19UT Deed, December 26, recorded in Volume ^0, page U89. Estate of Bernabe Robles to Joaquina S. Robles.

Deed, July 28, recorded in Volume 99, page 27. Joaquina S. Robles to Bernabe S. Robles e't al. Deed, August 7, recorded in Volume page 386 Estate of Joaquina S. Robles to Carlos G. Robles et al. Deed, March 21, recorded in Volume page Bernabe S. Robles et al to Mercedes R. Martinez. Deed, November 7, recorded in Volume page 22. Estate of Mercedes R. Martinez to Baudelio R. Martinez et al, Deed, April U, recorded in Volume page Estate of Baudelio R. Martinez to Arenal et al. Deed, February 23, recorded in Volume page Martinez as Trustee to Arenal. Deed, August 28, recorded in Volume U586, p&,ge A. J. Martinez to B. Arenal. Deed, August 28, recorded in Volume U586, page B. Arenal to J. Schroeder. Deed, November 26, recorded in Volume page D. P. Hillgrove to Helen Blenman et al.

Deed, November 26, recorded in Volume p ge Blenman and Morgan to Helen Blenman et al. Deed, May 2S recorded in Volume , page Blenman et al to Miranda Susan Lyon. Deed, May 2, recorded in Volume , page %&. M. S. Lyon to Morgan Blenman and Co? (UO'JS). ^ am SOUTH MEYER AVENUE HABS No. AZ-73-35 (Page 3} Deed, May 2, recorded in Volume page %1. C. Blenman Jr. to Helen Blenman. Deed, May 2S recorded in Volume page John H. Morgan to Josephine Morgan. Deed, May 2, recorded in Volume page %9- s Helen Blenman to Dree Lyon. Deed, April 18, recorded in Volume page 1^1 Helen Blenman et al to M. L. Dover. Deed, June 19, recorded in Volume 580O, page Bettina Arenal to Blenman Schroeder, and Cox. Deed, January 15, recorded in Volume page Marilyn L. Dover to Pierre M. Janssen. k. Builder: Unknown. 5.

Alterations and additions: A frame porch addition was built on the north side and rear of this structure between 191U and The porches were removed prior to B. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: ~ These apartments housed a large number of short-term tenants with Spanish surnames from the time of their construction around the turn of the century until the present time. Most tenants are listed in the city directories as laborers, and most did not remain in the apartments longer than five years. PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION (.See Significance, above, and Barrio Libre (Barrio Historic ) (HABS No. AZ-73) for site plan and historical background essay.) 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 records). Tucson City Directories, Prepared by: Ann E. Huston Project Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian Historic American Buildings Survey t September SOUTH MEYER AVEMJE HABS Ho. AZ-73-35 (Page h) PART IV. PBOJECT 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 vere 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); arid 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 vere made for HABS by David J. Kaminsky, Photo- grapher, 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.

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