Romero House, 469-471 South Convent Avenue, Tucson

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This early transitional Sonoran adobe exhibits Anglo influ- ences through its shingled pyramidal hipped roof and gabled dormer vent. One of a sequence of such dwellings, this row- house is set flush with the street and contiguously with the structures on either side of it. .It -was probably converted in the early 19O0s , as many Barrio dwellings were, from a single-family residence to a duplex. Showing signs of neg- lect and abandonment, exposed adobe shows through the plas- ter, and the roof is no longer functional. PART I. HIST0RICA1 INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: pre-1897* 2. Architect: None known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: See chain of title below. Block Lot 5, arb. 31* and 35- Deed, March 21, recorded in Volume 32, page 11.

Corporate Authorities of the Village of Tucson to Jesus B. Tallma&ge. Deed, September 26, recorded in Volume 52, page Estate of Jesus B. Tallmadge to Juan Bojorques. Deed, December 13, recorded in Volume 87, page t Estate of Juan Boj5rq.uez to Juan Bojorques, Jr. ROMERO HOUSE SOUTH COKVETT AVENUE HABS No. AZ-73-41 (Page 2) Deed, March 25, recorded in Volume page 16. Juan Bojorquez, Jr. to Rosario Celeya et al. Deed, March 229 recorded in Volume page 88. Trinidad E. de Garcia to Refugio C. de Sapunar et al. Deed, April 20, recorded in Volume pageN270. Juan Sapunar to Rosario Celaya. Deed, February 23, recorded in Volume page Ul5. Estate of Refugio C. de Sapunar to Rasario Celaya. Deed, June 1, recorded in Volume page 19. Rosario 0. Celaya to Edward E. Fimbres and Emma Romero Finbres.

Deed, June 25, recorded in Volume page Estate of Edward E. Fimbres to Emma Romero Fimbres. Deed, July 3, recorded in Volume 631U, page Emma Romero Orosco to Judith and Julian Bernal. Deed, July 3, recorded in.Volume page J. L. Bernal to Emma Romero Orosco and Irene Vassallo. # Deed, July 3, recorded in Volume page Frank Vassallo to Irene C. Vassallo. Deed, July 39 9 recorded in Volume page J. F. Bernal to P.-E. Bauer. Deed, July 3, recorded in Volume page Emma Romero Orosco to J. Kaufmann and Richard Shenkarow. Deed, July 33 recorded in Volume page J. Kaufmann "to Emma Romero Orosco. Deed, July 3, recorded in Volume page 52U. Frank Vassallo to Irene C. Vassallo. k. Builder: Jose" Romero. 5.

Alterations and additions: This duplex appears to > have had no significant alterations or additions. The structure was probably built as a single-family dwelling, and was converted to a duplex prior to 5. Historical Persons and Events Connected with the Structure: This property belonged originally to the Tallmadge-Bojorquez family who occupied several of the bouses along this section of S. Convent Ave. Jose Romero, a blacksmith, was the first known tenant here. ROMERO HOUSE . SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE HABS No. AX-73-Hl (Page 3} His name disappears from the City Directory after Two absentee landlords, Rosario Celaya and Emma Romero Fimbres, owned the dwellings between and and rented them to a number of working-class tenants, both Hispanic and Anglo.

FART II ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION (See Significance, above, and Barrio Libre (Barrio Hist5rico) (HABS No. AS-73) for site plan and historical background essay.) PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps. Tract books, Pioneer National Title Insurance Company (Microfilm.of Recorder's records). Tucson City Directories, Prepared by: Ann E. Huston Project Historian, Maureen L. Gerhold Assistant Project Historian Historic American Buildings Survey September 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 (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; Chief of HABS, John Poppeliers; 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, 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. #