Mansions of Main Avenue

Arizona, Pima County, Tucson
From the 1860s to the early 1900s, many of the wealthiest families in Tucson built homes along Main Avenue (El Camino Real), from Alameda Street north to 6th Street. "La Vecindad cerda del centro" or, "the neighborhood near downtown" soon earned the nickname "Snob Hollow." Most of these architecturally unique mansions survived the urban renewal programs of the 1960s, and El Presidio Historic District became one of the first Tucson neighborhoods to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Historic House Dates
119 N. Main – Fish – 1868
151 N. Main – Duffield-Stevens – 1865
179 N. Main – Corbett – 1908
221 N. Main – Hughes – 1864
234 N. Main – Olcott – 1890
252 N. Main – Cheyney – 1905
297 N. Main – Kruttschnitt – 1886
300 N. Main – Steinfield – 1898
317 N. Main – Verdugo – 1877
340 N. Main – Hereford – 1902
378 N. Main – Owls Club – 1903
402 N. Main – Franklin – 1898
430 N. Main – Herring – 1868

(Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 15 photos, GPS coordinates, map.