La Casa Cordova
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leadhiker
N 32° 13.437 W 110° 58.475
12S E 502394 N 3565259
Possibly built as early as 1848, La Casa Cordova dates from the city's Mexican period and is Tucson's oldest residence.
Waymark Code: WM8PH3
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2010
Views: 18
Text of Marker:
This adobe house incorporates portions of one of the oldest standing structures in Tucson. The two west rooms are believed to have been built before the Gadsden Purchase of 1854. Four front rooms were added in 1879.
The house was named for Maria Navarette Cordova, whose family acquired it in 1896. It was restored by the Junior League of Tucson, Inc., for the Tucson Museum of Art in 1975 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Marker Name: La Casa Cordova
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Pima
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and Arizona Historical Society.
Year placed: Unknown
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