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Item Title


Location
551-557 South Meyer Avenue, Tucson, AZ

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS AZ-73-29
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-22).
Building/structure dates: 1900 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 183 subsequent work
Significance: These two separate dwellings marked as 551-557 were connected in 1976 when they were purchased for commercial purposes. Originally housing two apartment units each, these early transitional Sonoran adobe buildings exhibit Anglo influences through their hipped and gabled roofs, but their relationship to the street and contiguity reveal their Sonoran origins. Because of its larger size and smaller setback, 555-557 is the more dominant of the two structures. A large well, probably used by neighbors on the block, and now covered over, is located in the rear yard.

Subjects
Houses


Related Names
Kaminsky, David J., Photographer


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
View showing west facade, east side of avenue
View looking northwest from 557 to north end of block
Detail view showing west facade, east side of avenue
View showing west facade, east side of avenue
Detail view showing west facade, east side of avenue


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