LaPilata Museum

Friday, January 30, 2015

Carrillo's Gardens is next door to the museum:

                                       1906 celebration of Tucson's first electric streetcars

                                        This mural is on the outside wall of the museum
http://tucsonmurals.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-at-la-pilita-museum.html

The park is on the left side of the museum. El Tiradito is on its' right.

The museum docent suggested we explore Meyer's Road, one of the original streets in the barrio. We saw some adobe buildings from the barrio years, several have been renovated. 

http://sagebrushstudio.net/artwork/913323_Barrio_Viejo_Mural_Tucson_AZ.html

http://www.barrioviejo.com/history.html
http://www.tucsonfirefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Early_Historic_Streets_of_Tucson_Sign_Descriptions_JLevstik.pdf

                                                          Fourth Avenue of Tucson