Historic Adobe Tour in Old Town Tubac
November 11, 2017

The Tubac Historical Society and the Lowe House Project artist in residency program are conducting the tour to bring attention to and appreciation for these historically significant buildings in Tubac’s National Historic District and to the lives and times of their occupants. The tour will include historic adobe buildings within Tubac’s National Historic District. One of the buildings is believed to have garrisoned Spanish Colonial Soldiers in the mid-1700s. Others are known to have housed some of Arizona’s earliest 19th century Anglo settlers and others were built on existing foundations at the turn of the 20th Century by Tubac’s Hispanic Heritage Families. The tradition of Tubac: Where Art and History Meet and Tubac’s artist colony had their modern beginnings in some of these buildings known to have existed in 1767. The Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour is a self-directed walking tour and all the buildings are within walking distance of one another. Some of the buildings retain characteristics of their humble beginnings while others reflect architectural features added during their over 100-year existence. Access to and within some of these historic privately owned buildings include steps and irregular walking surfaces and are not

The Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour is a self-directed walking tour and all the buildings are within walking distance of one another. Some of the buildings retain characteristics of their humble beginnings while others reflect architectural features added during their over 100-year existence. Access to and within some of these historic privately owned buildings include steps and irregular walking surfaces and are not wheelchair accessible and could be problematic for individuals with mobility issues.

Tickets are $40 per person. Children with adult supervision and students with identification are free. For members of the Tubac Historical Society, tickets are $35. Tickets may be purchased online by CLICKING HERE or the day of the tour with cash or check only.

No refunds. The event will proceed rain or shine. Paid participants unable to attend may transfer or give away their ticket receipts to others for tour admission.

All Tubac roads lead to the start of the tour at El Presidito—home to working artists studios and the Tubac School of Fine Art—located at 4 Calle Iglesia at the corner of Burruel Street and Calle Igesia. At El Presidito, tour participants will receive a booklet/ticket which includes a map to the tour locations and information about each of the buildings and their occupants. Volunteer guides and docents will greet and escort small groups through the buildings pointing out historical features.

Parking is available on Burruel Street a short distance from the start of the tour.

Among the exhibits in the buildings will be the works of some of Tubac’s early art colonists as well as current artists, an exhibit chronicling one of Old Town Tubac’s Adobe building preservation projects and adobe brick making.

The Tubac Historical Society and Lowe House Project are 501 (c ) (3) non-profit organizations. The Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour is one of the several special events scheduled in celebration of the Tubac Historical Society’s 50th anniversary of its establishment in 1967.

The Lowe House Project artist in residency program, celebrating its fourth year, continues the tradition of “Tubac: Where Art and History Meet” in the historic Lowe House which has housed working artists since 1965. For more information and registration call THS at 520-398-2020 or email requests (including the number of registrants, email address and phone number) to info@ths-tubac.org. For information about the Lowe House Project visit lowehouseproject.com.