614 South Meyer Avenue (Building), Tucson

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This adobe structure has probably been utilized since its construction for commercial, as veil as residential, purposes. It has housed a butcher shop, general merchandise store, and grocery. The square recessed windows and shed roof are unique elements of the building. Set flush with the street, the structure is of Sonoran style with an off-set"rear addition. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: pre-1900. 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners. See chain of title below. Block Lot k. Deed, March 9, recorded in Volume 23, page Board of Supervisors to Rafaela Herreras. I898 Deed, January 3, recorded in Volume 29, page 96- Rafaela Herreras to Fidelity Building and Loan. Deed, January 3, recorded in Volume 29, page 98. Rafaela F.

Orosco et al to Fidelity Building ana Loan. I898 Deed, March 11, recorded in Volume 29, page Fidelity Savings Association to Rafael F. Orozco. 6lk SOUTH MEYER AVEmJE HABS Ho. AZ-73-36 (Page 2} Deed, March 11, recorded in Volume 30, page lit. Rafael F. Orozco et ux to Anton Kittinger. Deed, February 26, recorded in Volume 35, page 8l. Anton Hittinger et ux to Silvester Gould. Deed, June 8, recorded in Volume page Silas H. Gould et ux to Albert Steinfeld. Deed, June 12, recorded in Volume 63, page 88, . Albert Steinfeld et ux to Sara M. de Castro. Deed, April 27, recorded in Volume 82, page Felipe E. Castro to Sara M. de Castro. Deed, April 13, recorded in Volume page 39- Sara M. de Castro to Filipe E. and Sara W. de Castro. Deed, March 15, recorded in Volume page 2UU. Sara M.

de Castro to Filipe E. Castro. Deed, February 21, recorded in Volume ihf 9 page U99- Filipe E. and Sara M. de Castro to Ignacio M. Gallego. h. Builder: Unknown. 5/ Alterations and additions: The structure gained a rear addition between and which enlarged it to nearly twice i"ts original size. B. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: From both architectural and situational viewpoints this structure appears to be older than most other buildings in the Barrio Libre. Written records, however, do not go far enough back to document the age of the building, and most older persons associate the building with the Gallego family who occupied it from until recently.

The building seems to have alternated between a shop and a residence until the The building housed a grocery store, a general merchandise store, and a butcher shop, all under different proprietors, until Ygnacio Gallego took over in and operated a grocery store in the structure. (This Gallego is no relation to Eilario or Cosimirio Gallego of 571 S. Meyer. ) Although the structure has been vacant for several years the Gallego family still retains ownership. PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION (See Significance, above, and Barrio Libre. (Barrio Historico) (HABS No. AZ-73) for site plan and historical background essay t 6lh SOUTH MEYER AVENUE HABS No. A2-T3-36 (Page 3) PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION A. Old Views: Aerial photograph, of Tucson taken from Sentinel Peak..

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, ^ Tract Books, pioneer National Title Insurance Company. Tucson City Directories, C. Oral Interviews: Eliazar Herreras, E. Vaverly Larry Sweet, 555 S. Meyer. Prepared by: Ann E. Huston Project Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian, Historic American Buildings Survey September # PART IV. PROJECT IHFQHMATIOK 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 susmer 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 Eistorian (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, 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.