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Finding Aid to the Historic Block Archive at the Tucson Museum of Art Research Library

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TITLE	Finding Aid to the Historic Block Archive at the Tucson Museum of Art Research Library
CREATOR	Lyons, Bettina O'Neil and Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Research Library
SUBJECT	Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs; Tucson (Ariz.)--History
Browse Topic	Society and culture Family and community
DESCRIPTION	This finding aid is an inventory to the Historic Block Archive records housed in the Tucson Museum of Art Research Library. Access to this collection is open to the public. The Tucson Museum of Art Historic Block includes five houses: La Casa Cordova, J. Knox Corbett House, Edward Nye Fish House, Leonardo Romero House, and Stevens/Duffield House. Tucson was established in 1776 as a Spanish Presidio, a military fort built for the protection of the priests and settlers at San Xavier Mission. In 1783, a 12-foot high, 3- foot thick adobe wall was completed which encircled the 10 acre village, the area which would eventually include Tucson Museum of Art’s Historic Block. The northwest corner of the Presidio was located where Main and Washington Streets intersect today. Main Avenue, once called Calle Real, was the principal street leading into the fort. Historians believe that portions of the wall were incorporated in the construction of several Historic Block homes, including the Fish, Stevens, and Romero houses. In 1968, the City of Tucson acquired the entire block as part of its Urban Redevelopment Program and, in turn, leased the block with its five historic houses to the Tucson Museum of Art in 1973.
Publisher	Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Research Libary
TYPE	Text
Material Collection	Tucson Historic Block Archive
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT	You may copy, distribute and display this work, and derivitave works based upon it, however you must give credit for the image to TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK.
DATE ORIGINAL	2006
Time Period	1860s (1860-1869) 1870s (1870-1879) 1880s (1880-1889) 1890s (1890-1899) 1900s (1900-1909) 1910s (1910-1919) 1920s (1920-1929)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Text
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	FindingAid-pdf.pdf
Date Digital	2010
DIGITAL FORMAT	PDF (Portable Document Format)
File Size	200951 Bytes
REPOSITORY	Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Research Library, 140 N. Main Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, (520) 624-2333 ext. 122. Website: http://tucsonmuseumofart.org/
Digitizing Technician	C. Alexandria Caster