SOLD OUT. Tour: Neon Sign Downtown and 4th Avenue Walking Tour

Tickets: 25.00 Join Historian and Neon Sign Aficionado Carlos Lozano for a twilight and evening walking tour of some of Tucson’s most iconic glowing historic landmark signs in downtown Tucson and 4th Avenue. Carlos Lozano served for 8 years on the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and chaired the subcommittee which amended the sign code to […]

Discovering Hermosillo | March 16 – 19

The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation is thrilled to present a 2023 all-inclusive 4-day excursion to explore the history, culture, and shared heritage of Hermosillo, Sonora. March 16 – March 19, 2023 Hermosillo, Sonora is one of the significant industrial cities of the Sonoran Desert and is steeped in a fascinating historical narrative blended with […]

Tour: Neon Sign Downtown and 4th Avenue Walking Tour

SOLD OUT Join Historian and Neon Sign Aficionado Carlos Lozano for a twilight and evening walking tour of some of Tucson’s most iconic glowing historic landmark signs in downtown Tucson and 4th Avenue. Carlos Lozano served for 8 years on the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and chaired the subcommittee which amended the sign code to […]

Tour: TCC Modern – Eckbo Landscape Tour

Join Historian Helen Erickson for a guided tour of the restored modern waters gardens of the Tucson Community Center designed by master 20th-century landscape architect Garrett Eckbo. Special Instructions: Tour is limited to 25 people – so please give yourself time to park and arrive on time. Group meets in front of the Music Hall […]

Home Tour: Ball-Paylore House

SOLD OUT Join Tucson Modernism Week for our Mid Century Modern Home Tour of iconic properties by some of Tucson’s most celebrated architects and designers of the Mid-Century era. The hexagonal Ball-Paylore House, built in 1952, embraced the trends of American modernism with a south-facing wall of glass built with experimental concepts embedded into the […]

Tour: Architecture of Nogales

SOLD OUT Join us for a tour in Ambos Nogales (“both Nogales”), as we spend a day exploring the exuberant architectural movement of the 1960s. Nogales is home to many built examples from Bennie Gonzales, Anne Rysdale, Nicholas Sakellar and William Wilde. We have an exciting line up with a number of private homes and […]

Home tour: Jacobson House

Join Tucson Modernism Week for our Mid-Century Modern Home Tour of iconic properties by some of Tucson’s most celebrated architects and designers of the Mid-Century era. The single-family residential house designed in 1975 and built in 1977 is an important example of the foundational work of master architect Judith Chafee, FAIA (1932-1998), and a residential […]

Home tour: Gist House

Join Tucson Modernism Week for our Mid Century Modern Home Tour of iconic properties by some of Tucson’s most celebrated architects and designers of the Mid-Century era. The house was the last of three homes Tom Gist had built for himself in Tucson. Built in 1977, it is one of the last projects of his […]